World Trade Center Artifact to be in Kinnelon

After discussing its arrival for several months, the will have an artifact from the World Trade Center later this month when an honor guard of police officers who responded on 9/11 will help pick up the piece of steel from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in the next few weeks.

Kinnelon Mayor Bob Collins told the council Thursday that the artifact the borough will be receiveing is 106 pounds and is 5 feet long, 8 inches deep and 13 inches wide. After a dedication ceremony on Sept. 11, the artifact will be placed in a 24 x 24 display case in the lobby of the municipal building.

The will be assisting with the pickup and delivery of the artifact by using the police trailor to transport it.

Borough Attorney Mark Madaio said that he has known other towns to receive artifacts from 9/11 and that in order to receive one, a federal judge must approve the artifact to be released, as it is technically evidence of a crime scene.

Collins said this artifact will help Kinnelon commemorate 9/11 and honor local residents who lost their lives that day.

"It was just something that...it doesn't go away," he said.