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Upfitter helps build Illinois local 9/11 memorial

June 9, 2015

Work truck upfitter Auto Truck Group helped sponsor the Bartlett Fire Protection District’s (BFPD) effort to establish a memorial paying homage to the heroes and victims of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The BFPD joins 19 other fire departments in the State of Illinois privileged to house material recovered from the World Trade Center.

Auto Truck Group donated time, labor, and materials to construct the display, which holds a portion of a metal girder from the one of the two World Trade Center towers destroyed during the 9/11 attacks in New York City.

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