5 Things You Need to Know About Hopatcong's 9/11 Monument

Cities across the world remembered 9/11 on Sunday.

Hopatcong was no different.

Hundreds packed borough hall's front lawn for a peak at a new monument dedicated to those lost during the attacks and to listen to speeches from people tied to Sept. 11, 2001.

Here are five things you need to know about Hopatcong's 9/11 monument.

1. You Need to Know About the Steel: The steel from the World Trade Center, which serves a backdrop to the monument, weights almost a combined 4,500 pounds. One beam—the one with the melted steel ribbon—is from an exterior wall. The other's origin couldn't be determined.
2. You Need to Know About the Monument: The pentagon-shaped marble slab details important scenes from 9/11. Atop the monument sits a gold-painted hunk of warped World Trade Center steel.
3. You Need to Know How Hopatcong Got the Steel: Mayor Sylvia Petillo said it was Department of Public Works Superintendent Ron Jobeless' idea. And after seven months and lots of paperwork, Hopatcong officials drove to John F. Kennedy Airport's Hangar 17 and escorted the steel back to the borough. for a video of the steel's arrival.
4. You Need to Know Where to See Photos of the Ceremony: for a gallery.
5. You Need to Know What's Next: Hopatcong will dedicate a tribute to firefighters in October. Hence the firefighters' statue adjacent to the memorial.