GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – Along the Fox River in downtown Green Bay, you’ll see a monument dedicated to those who died in the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
“It’s an important memorial, not many people have one outside of New York,” said Green Bay alderman Randy Scannell.
The memorial was donated to the city of Green Bay in 2005.
Scannell tells WLUK there’s even a piece of the World Trade Center in the memorial.
“The girder came from one of the towers. So it is really important in that sense since we do actually have a piece of one of the towers.”
Scannell is one aldermen who says the monument is falling apart, he is also on the newly created Public Arts Commission.
“The names, you can barely read this, the corners are broken off, and then over here it’s busted up pretty bad”
Scannell added, aside from the cracks there’s some wrong information etched on the granite.
The flight number of the plane that hit the Pentagon and one of the planes that struck the World Trade Center were switched.
On Wednesday, the Park’s Committee voted to put the care and the future of the memorial in the hands of the Public Arts Commission.
“This would be one of their first projects to take this on,” said Green Bay alderman Chris Wery.
Wery said it would cost $80,000 to repair the memorial as is, and it would cost $20,000 to remove it.
“You’re looking at some pretty hefty prices, hopefully they can get some community interest”
The Public Arts Commission says depending on the cost there are many options, one option is to build a new memorial elsewhere.
“The skies the limit in many ways, that is respectful and honors the memory of the people who died in 9/11 as well as the police and firefighters who gave their lives there,” said Celestine Jeffreys, who is also on the Public Arts Commission.
The Public Arts Commission says the first step in fixing the monument is assessing the extent of the damage.
