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Aetna pays tribute to WTC Steel heading to Fire Expo - Newark, DE
Sunday, July 24, 2011

The group left NYC and drove down the turnpike to the Delaware Memorial Bridge; after a quick lunch break and re-fueling, they were back on the road. They must have picked up another 100 to 200 bikers at the bridge, it was pretty impressive. Many of them were Red and Blue Knights, which are FF and Police bikers. DSP, NCCPD, NPD, DRBA bridge police, and our fire police assisted in completely shutting down I-95 SB from the bridge to the toll plaza at the State line, as well as escorting the group. As is the tradition, whenever WTC steel passes through Delaware, Fire and EMS units man the overpasses. In our case in Newark, we had the Chief, myself as the Duty Officer, and the EMS command vehicle at the turn-around just south of the service area to welcome them to our district. We placed one set of black coat firefighter’s gear and one set of white coat officer’s gear in front, to symbolize the twin towers and the sacrifices made. All members come to attention and salute as the procession rolls by. Truckers coming NB on I-95 would blow their air horns as they passed underneath the overpasses. All overpasses in our district were manned, and many civilians also stopped to watch and take pictures. The steel was going to the annual Fire Expo in Baltimore; since this is the 10th anniversary of the attacks, they were going to have a memorial service the following Sunday morning.