9/11 Memorial: Engine 10 Ladder 10 LbNA #59582 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | dancingpecan  |
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| Plant date: | Sep 11, 2011 |
| Location: | Heritage Park, 1701 Bayou Ln |
| City: | Slidell |
| County: | St. Tammany |
| State: | Louisiana |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | Not yet found! |
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| Last found: | N/A |
| Status: | r |
| Last edited: | Sep 11, 2011 |
The Ten House,quarters of Engine 10 and Ladder 10, located on Liberty Street directly across from where the World Trade Center stood, suffered significant damage and was nearly destroyed on September 11, 2001.
On September 11, 2001, five members from the Ten House made the supreme sacrifice. Lieutenant Gregg Atlas, Firefighter Jeffrey Olsen, Firefighter Paul Pansini were from Engine 10, and Lieutenant Stephen Harrell and Firefighter Sean Tallon were from Ladder 10.
As the towers collapsed, tons of building debris fell onto the firehouse and forced its way into it, blowing out windows and doors and causing extensive damage to the facade, interior structures, utilities, lighting and the roof. Inside the firehouse, the apparatus floor was flooded with over three feet of debris and in some areas in and around the firehouse the debris from the collapse was nearly six feet deep. The building’s ventilation system, air conditioning units and Nederman exhaust system were completely destroyed.
Although it was unable to be used as a firehouse after the collapse of the towers, the quarters of Engine 10 and Ladder 10 nevertheless played a vital role in the daily operations at ground zero. During the early days of the rescue and recovery operations and even during the clean up of the site, the Ten House was used as a rest and recuperation station as well as a command post for fire department operations at the site.
This image is the patch worn by firefighters from Ten House. The patch was adopted in 1984, 17 years before 9/11.
Sit at the right corner of the wall facing the World Trade Center memorial. Next to the corner is a small bush with oval leaves. A camouflage pouch is tucked in the bush. Be very stealthy. This park can be very busy, especially on weekends.
Return pouch to the bush and make sure it is hidden as well or better than you found it.
On September 11, 2001, five members from the Ten House made the supreme sacrifice. Lieutenant Gregg Atlas, Firefighter Jeffrey Olsen, Firefighter Paul Pansini were from Engine 10, and Lieutenant Stephen Harrell and Firefighter Sean Tallon were from Ladder 10.
As the towers collapsed, tons of building debris fell onto the firehouse and forced its way into it, blowing out windows and doors and causing extensive damage to the facade, interior structures, utilities, lighting and the roof. Inside the firehouse, the apparatus floor was flooded with over three feet of debris and in some areas in and around the firehouse the debris from the collapse was nearly six feet deep. The building’s ventilation system, air conditioning units and Nederman exhaust system were completely destroyed.
Although it was unable to be used as a firehouse after the collapse of the towers, the quarters of Engine 10 and Ladder 10 nevertheless played a vital role in the daily operations at ground zero. During the early days of the rescue and recovery operations and even during the clean up of the site, the Ten House was used as a rest and recuperation station as well as a command post for fire department operations at the site.
This image is the patch worn by firefighters from Ten House. The patch was adopted in 1984, 17 years before 9/11.
Sit at the right corner of the wall facing the World Trade Center memorial. Next to the corner is a small bush with oval leaves. A camouflage pouch is tucked in the bush. Be very stealthy. This park can be very busy, especially on weekends.
Return pouch to the bush and make sure it is hidden as well or better than you found it.