First Responders Commemorate World Trade Center Beam at Boston Memorial

<p>The Tunnel to Towers Steel Across America tour honored fallen heroes in Boston on September 4, 2026, as part of a nationwide tour set to conclude in New York City shortly after September 11.</p><p>The group brought a preserved 21-foot steel beam from the South Tower of the World Trade Center, which has been on tour since May, to the Massachusetts Fallen Heroes Memorial in Boston's Seaport.</p><p>Dan Magoon, executive director of Massachusetts Fallen Heroes, stated, "For us as first responders and veterans, what this means as we come up on the 25th anniversary is personal. It's all about educating the next generation and not forgetting the sacrifices, not only made on 9/11 but what we've endured in the 20 years after in all theaters of combat."</p><p>Mike Eruzione, captain of the 1980 U.S. Winter Olympics hockey team, honored friends who were passengers on one of the hijacked planes involved in the September 11, 2001, attacks. He remarked, "It touched the heart of our country. It touched the souls of our country," referring to Tunnel to Towers, which assists 9/11 families, first responders, and veterans through funds raised from nationwide charity runs.</p><p>The gathering included first responders from Massachusetts and law enforcement. Attendees were permitted to approach the 16,900-pound beam to pay their respects.</p><p>Daniel McCarthy, a Boston resident with New York roots, expressed, "It's just crazy to think about where it once stood, the people that worked inside the buildings, the people that rushed inside to save those people and what happened when it all came down."</p><p>The beam was taken to Fenway Park on the evening of September 4 after a stop at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on September 2. The tour is scheduled to stop at the White House in Washington, D.C. on September 8.</p>