Columns placed for 9/11 memorial in Maple Valley

The first pieces of the 9/11 memorial outside the Maple Valley Fire and Life Safety Fire Station 81 were set in place Aug. 20

By Sarah Brenden • August 26, 2015 2:01 pm
Maple Valley Fire and Life Safety firefighters Kelley Jensen and Tyler Gage along with sculptor Matt Marinelli work to place two columns representing the Twin Towers. The columns are part of a 9/11 memorial that sits outside Maple Valley station 81.
Maple Valley Fire and Life Safety firefighters Kelley Jensen and Tyler Gage along with sculptor Matt Marinelli work to place two columns representing the Twin Towers. The columns are part of a 9/11 memorial that sits outside Maple Valley station 81.

The first pieces of the 9/11 memorial outside the Maple Valley Fire and Life Safety Fire Station 81 were set in place Aug. 20

The two columns represent the World Trade Center twin towers in New York City that were destroyed on Sept. 11, 2001 during a attacks by  al-Qaida terrorist.

Kelley Jensen and Tyler Gage, Maple Valley Fire and Life firefighters, helped Matt Marinelli place the columns and rig wiring for lights.

Eventually flood lights will shine from the columns similar to the ground zero memorial in Manhattan.

Throughout the next couple of  weeks construction will continue.

A bench will be placed near the columns and steel from the World Trade Center will be suspended between the two columns.

A dedication ceremony for the 9/11 memorial is set for 10:30 to 11 a.m. Sept. 12 prior to the annual open house.