9/11 Memorial Stops in Albuquerque on way to New York

9/11 memorial stops in Albuquerque on way to New York

A bead quilt on board the memorial semi bears the name and photo of Al Marchand of Alamogordo. Marchand was flight attendant on board United Airlines flight 175, which crashed into the World Trade Center’s south tower.

A group trying to make Sept. 11 a national holiday made a stop in New Mexico this weekend.
“More people got killed on September 11 than at Pearl Harbor,” said Mike Mohn of the group Torches Across America.

New Mexico was the first state to make Sept. 11 a recognition day for all first responders – something that hasn’t been done in New York.

On Sept. 11, 2001, about 3,000 people were killed when hijackers took over four airplanes, running two into the World Trade Center’s twin towers in New York City and another into the Pentagon just outside Washington, D.C. The fourth plane crashed in a field in rural Pennsylvania.

To commemorate the fifth anniversary of the attacks and remember the victims, Torches Across America is taking a semi with two memorials on board to New York. One memorial, a sculpture, will be permanently placed at the World Trade Center site.

The semi itself serves as a memorial too: every victim’s name is written on the outside, along with the flags of the 82 countries who lost citizens during the attacks.