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On Volume
the 27 17th an-
niversary of 9/11,
ICE unveiled and
dedicated the mu-
seum-quality dis-
play comprising
the items on loan.
September 2018 Edition
The exhibit is not
open to the public,
but situated in the
Potomac
Center (For ICE employees, the prevention of another 9/11 is the reason many go to work each day. The
North lobby of ICE very existence of DHS, and ICE, is the result of the worst terrorist attack on American soil. Hear
personal stories from ICE employees of how 9/11 affected their lives.)
headquarters
in
Washington, D.C.,
Scott, a customs agent assigned to 6
where it is visible to the ICE workforce WTC, and his team were in the field
whenever they enter and exit the building.
The memorial display consists of four
custom-built, archival display cases
and an archival, custom-framed Unit-
ed States flag that was recovered
by ICE Homeland Security Investi-
gations (HSI) Special Agent Scott
Brown, a U.S. Customs agent at that
time, from offices inside 6 World
Trade Center (WTC), which was home
to the U.S. Customs Agency’s New
York Custom House.
when the American Airlines Boeing
767 loaded with 20,000 gallons of
jet fuel crashed into the North Tow-
er of the World Trade Center in New
York City.
Media word of the second plane, United
Airlines Flight 175, flying into the South
Tower, brought the nation to a shocked
standstill, followed by desperate attempts
of family members trying to reach their
loved ones by phone in Manhattan.
“A real challenge of the day was commu-
nication,” explained Scott who was battling
Scott participated in the ICE unveiling with his cell phone and radio to make con-
and dedication ceremony on Tuesday, and tact with and account for each member of
shared his story of that fateful day.
his team.
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