Masonry Magazine August 2002 Page. 29
On June 11, nine months after the crash, a special memorial stone, still stained and scarred from the impact of Flight 77, was put into place covering a dedication capsule containing memories of that day in 2001. The ceremony was carried on national television, a fitting remembrance of the tragedy and the efforts of The Phoenix Project team to fight back.
Stonemasons set the top course of limestone working from a Fraco mast climbing scaffold. Fraco, a Canadian company, has been proud of its contribution to the rebuilding of the Pentagon, even using this project as the focus of its advertising. People and companies like Fraco from around the world have been pitching in to help after September 11. At a press conference that day, Evey attributed the project's speed to the workers' personal motivation and dedication. "People don't really pay that much attention to what their title is, what their job is, what they've been specifically told to do, or what the normal constraints are in the way they operate," he said. "Everyone's there to make that project successful. They pitch in. They work. They help. They support one another and it's been very effective."
On September 11, 2002 the "E" Ring offices will be back in business. That's been the plan from Day One of The Phoenix Project. As Fromboluti says, "They will have people at their desks looking out the new blast windows at the ceremony going on below. The important thing is, the stone will be on the "E' Ring exterior and the building will look just like it did on September 10, 2001. That's because of the work of the crews from Masonry Arts and R. Bratti did under pressure even more intense than that of 1942."
All Mason Contractor Association of America members and their employees salute Masonry Arts and their subcontractors for the work they did on The Phoenix Project. As stonemason Isaac Peterson said, "It's an honor to be involved in something that's going to show the world people can put a hole in our life, but we can put it back together quickly and do it right. It's something that I can do for my country that I know how to do"
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August 2002
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