Steel Beam Cross Ground Zero

A bible found in the rubble of ground zero survives in the hands of a photographer.

Steel beam cross ground zero.

The cross at ground zero is located in the national september 11th memorial and museum. The discovery of a 17 foot steel beam cross in the rubble of the world trade center towers two days after the 2001 terrorist attacks on america provided a tangible symbol of comfort and faith to. For the past decade much of the sacred steel recovered from ground zero has been held in hangar 17 at john f. The world trade center cross also known as the ground zero cross is a formation of steel beams found among the debris of the world trade center site in lower manhattan new york city following the september 11 attacks in 2001.

Subscribe for more history. The museum offers free admission to 9 11 families 9 11 recovery and rescue workers and active retired. Big frank was the man credited with discovering the famed ground zero cross two giant steel i beams that broke off from wtc landing in the shape of a cross. A water truck sits atop a dirt hill to cool down temperature on hot beams to keep dry dust from swirling into worker s eyes and to put out fires if needed.

From the outside it s a colorless industrial building. The pages of the bible in which they were printed had. Words from jesus sermon on the mount in the gospel of matthew were found permanently exposed at ground zero after the sept. The ground zero cross for some the most resonant artifact of 9 11 has been underground and out of public sight for almost three years.

The intersecting steel beam that came to be known as the world trade center cross was lowered today by crane into the 9 11 memorial museum. This set of beams is so named because it resembles the proportions of a christian cross the beams have been part of an exhibit at the national september 11 museum. A lawsuit by an atheist advocacy group argues that as a.