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Thursday, August 25, 2011  The 9/11 First Responders Memorial project, which is still in need of $80K in donations, welcomes Coach Ray Tanner for a fund raising dinner on Thursday evening, which will include a cocktail hour, dinner, and silent auction all to help ensure the 9-11-2011 project will meet fund raising goals.

Thursday, June 30, 2011  Plans for a 9/11 memorial in the Midlands are quickly moving forward.  Local leaders are set to break ground next week.

Monday, May 09, 2011  Local leaders and first responders are unveiling plans to build a 9-11 memorial in the Midlands.  The 9-11 First Responders Memorial will feature two steel beams from the World Trade Center.

Tuesday, August 10, 2010  The Sept. 11 museum is taking shape 70 feet below ground, a cavernous space that provides an emotionally raw journey and ends at bedrock where huge surviving remnants and spacial voids reveal the scale of the devastation of what once was the World Trade Center.

Friday, February 20, 2009  Officials commit to dedicate United Flight 93 memorial in Pa. on 10th anniversary 9/11 attacks.