BREWER, Maine — Local firefighters, police, ambulance crews and residents will always have a connection to those who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001, in New York City through a relic from the doomed twin towers on display in the Brewer Public Safety Museum.
“They can look at it and they can touch it,” Fire Chief Gary Parent said Friday of the mangled 6-foot steel beam from the World Trade Center. “We pretty much made that the focal point of the museum.”
The museum dedication is 10 a.m. Saturday.
When the new public safety building on Parkway South was built in 2008, there was enough money left over to construct the small museum, which is situated at the front of the building.
Slowly it has been filled with history, thanks to residents and those who supported fundraisers including the “Buy-a-Brick” campaign that paid for a majority of the displays, the fire chief said.
One memorial brick is inscribed with the name of Brewer firefighter George Abbott, 41, who died May 30, 1911, when he crossed the river to fight the massive fire that consumed the Queen City’s downtown. He was the lone firefighter to die in the line of duty during Bangor’s Great Fire.
Historic memorabilia, much of it provided by former firefighter Paul Tower, fills the rest of the museum, which also features the antique 1947 LaFrance firetruck that was brand-new when it was used to douse flames during that year’s fires on Mount Desert Island.
“Old helmets, equipment, an old radio, old photos” fill the display shelves, Parent said.
Mayor Jerry Goss, other City Council members, City Manager Steve Bost, Police Chief Perry Antone, firefighters, ambulance personnel, police officers, honored members of the public and Parent will be on hand for the dedication.
“The coolest thing in there is the piece of steel,” Parent said, noting that he has seen his firefighters and people from the public touching the memorial beam when passing by it.
The museum will be open 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Let’s hope the people of brewer have the common sense to study the website
of 1,500 architects and engineers who have studied the forensic evidence
on the steel beams and say the US Government created 911.
see
http://www.ae911truth.org
lets hope the people of brewer use their common sense don’t even bother to read such nonsense from the tin foil hat crowd.
Readers may want to view the documentary A NOBLE LIE which was released in December of 2011.
Enough evidence exists in this documentary to convict the FBI of creating the Oklahoma City bombing.
Viewers may want to view my footage in the 2005 documentary 911 PRESS FOR TRUTH
produced by Danny Schecter at Globalvision who was awarded a Nieman Fellowship to Harvard.
see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgUFkVG_78g
Thirteen Techniques for Truth Suppression
by David Martin
Strong, credible allegations of high-level criminal activity can bring
down a government. When the government lacks an effective, fact-based
defense, other techniques must be employed. The success of these
techniques depends heavily upon a cooperative, compliant press and a
mere token opposition party.
Call the skeptics names like “conspiracy theorist,” “nut,”
“ranter,” “kook,” “crackpot,” and of course, “rumor monger.” You must
then carefully avoid fair and open debate with any of the people you
have thus maligned.
I’m positive the people of Brewer as well as the people of America have the common sense to know without doubt the US Government had nothing to do with 911. Those who believe otherwise should be ashamed of themselves. Your “facts” have been proven wrong countless times. You are an insult to every firefighter, police officer, and the thousands who died that day. You deserve every adjective thrown your way. Unbelievable!