The towering twin steel beams were once part of the facade of the World Trade Center's south tower, sheathed in smooth aluminum. Salvaged from ground zero after the 9/11 attacks, the tridents are being resurrected and will greet visitors as they enter the pavilion of the 9/11 Memorial Museum. The remnant steel became known as tridents because the beams are crowned with three prongs.

The tridents will be moved to the World Trade Center site from storage at a Queens airport hangar, where tons and tons of remnant steel has remained since the Sept. 11 destruction at WTC.  The tridents are planned to be returned to the WTC site this fall and will be installed while work on the pavilion continues. Each is about 70-feet tall and weighs 52 tons.

Read more about the tridents in the New York Daily News.

"I feel this way about it. World trade means world peace and consequently the World Trade Center buildings in New York ... had a bigger purpose than just to provide room for tenants. The World Trade Center is a living symbol of man's dedication to world peace," Minoru Yamasaki, chief architect of the World Trade Center, once stated.

Pictures:Welders work on the so-called tridents that will stand in the 9/11 Memorial Museum's entry pavilion. (Photos by Lynn Rasic)

By Michael Frazier, Sr. Communications Manager for the 9/11 Memorial

With rumbling tailpipes, a team of motorcyclists ushered a large World Trade Center beam across Florida.

Before the attacks of Sept. 11, the nearly 12-foot-long beam supported a window in the WTC's north tower for more than 30 years, according to a report written by Matt Soergel of The Florida Times-Union.

The steel was hauled by firefighters from Bradenton, Fl., to the Southern Manatee Fire and Rescue Department, where it'll be used in a monument to those who died on 9/11. The bikers, most of whom were firefighters, took shifts while accompanying the steel on its journey to its new home, the report says.

A former New York City firefighter waited for the steel beam to arrive so he could take his shift. The ex-firefighter, Dave Ellsworth, had a personal connection to the remnant steel.  On 9/11, he lost his friend, Brian Hickey, a captain in the New York City Fire Department. The two men met in 1972, when they were 18 and new volunteer firefighters on Long Island in Bethpage, NY.

"He was there with his guys, doing what he loved," Ellsworth said in the Times-Union report.

Thanks to Matt Soergel and The Florida Times-Union, see more photos of the memorial's stop in Nassau County, Fla.

By Michael Frazier, Sr. Communications Manager for the 9/11 Memorial

Today marks the fifth anniversary of the multiple suicide bombings on July 7, 2005, that killed 52 people in London. The terror attacks occured on three subway cars and a bus.

"It was a dreadful day, but it is also a day that will remain, I believe, a symbol of the enduring bravery of the British people," Prime Minister David Cameron told the House of Commons, according to an Associated Press report.

A day before the London bombing anniversary, Queen Elizabeth II of England  visited the World Trade Center site, where the 9/11 Memorial is being completed to pay tribute to the 2,982 lives lost on Sept. 11.  She was greeted by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who serves as chairman of the 9/11 Memorial; 9/11 Memorial President Joe Daniels and others. It was the queen’s first visit to the site, also known as ground zero, and it was her  first trip to New York City since 1976

The Queen's presence at the site of the 9/11 attacks and today's anniversary of the London bombings underscores that terrorism can occur on any continent, in any city or community. But born from these atrocities on America's East Coast and London was a shared resolve.  Both cities and their leaders have pledged to combat terrorism and intolerance.

Daniels, who spoke briefly with the queen on her tour of the site, once said of the London bombings:

"That day was a horrible reminder of what we experienced here in New York City on September 11, 2001, and February 26, 1993. In the wake of the London bombings, many did whatever they could to show support for the British, just as the world community had done for Americans after 9/11. As the U.S. Army band played God Save the Queen in Washington, DC, condolence messages, tributes, and flowers were left at British embassies and consulates around the world. Our thoughts and prayers centered on the victims, their families, and the survivors. It hit home that the acts perpetrated in London were an assault on all those who treasure the freedom to live without fear."

In the coming months, the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks will be recognized. Spend today remembering those who died in terroristicacts in London.  Visit the UK's official website, and learn more about the permanent memorial built in Hyde Park honoring the victims of the July 7, 2005, bombings. The memorial is comprised of 52 stainless steel pillars, representing each victim.

By Michael Frazier, Sr. Communications Manager for the 9/11 Memorial

In case you missed it. Children from across the globe handmade most of the 3,000 heartfelt gifts that make up the one-of-a-kind “Dear Hero” collection, which is comprised of poignant letters, heartfelt drawings and other tokens of gratitude delivered to firehouses across New York City after the 2001 terrorist attacks.

The items were sent to the city's fire companies and firefighters as a show of gratitude, and to recognize their heroic efforts and sacrifice.  On 9/11, 343 members of the city's Fire Department were killed.

Tanya Hoggard, a Delta airlines flight attendant who volunteered at the World Trade Center during the recovery,  is behind the collection of the items. She began preserving them in early 2002 as fire stations began dismantling displays of the letters and drawings. Hoggard named the tokens the Dear Hero collection because that was often the salutation used by children in their notes and letters. The collection has been stored in Cincinnati, Ohio, and has returned  to New York City after nearly nine years.

The National September 11 Memorial & Museum recently acquired the items and have added them to the permanent collection.

"For me, this is what I've been waiting for," Hoggard recalled. "Ideally, there will be a person who can one day show his or her own child what they sent to a rescue worker after 9/11."

In addition to numerous letters and artwork from children, the items include a U.S. flag fashioned from paper and $1 bills, ceramic angels, decorative quilts and a large wreath covered with dozens of small white teddy bears. Some items came from abroad, such as a flag signed by residents of Italy, a banner from Pakistan and a string of 1,000 origami cranes from Japan symbolizing world peace.

By Michael Frazier, Sr. Communications Manager for the 9/11 Memorial

Hundreds of tons of remnant steel from the 2001 World Trade Center disaster has arrived home. That home may not be where you think.

According to an Associated Press report by Joann Loviglio, more than two dozen flatbed trucks loaded with 500 tons of WTC structural steel has arrived in Coatesville, Pa., where the massive supports called "steel trees" were made more than four decades ago, forged by Lukens Steel Co. in 1969. The steel framed the perimeter of the 110-story twin towers' first nine floors and lobbies before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks destroyed the skyscrapers. Now two mammoth waterfalls that are part of the 9/11 Memorial are being built within the original footprints of the towers. The eight-acre memorial opens next year.

Update: The Reporter provides heartfelt video and telling pictures of the WTC steel "homecoming."

Scott Huston, a descendant of the Lukens family and president of a Coatesville historic preservation group, told the AP:

"It's our goal to honor those who lost their lives on 9/11, as well as the steelworkers who created the steel for these monumental buildings."

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which is building the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, donated the steel supports to the Pennsylvania town. The Port also is seeking proposals from public and city agencies and not-for-profit groups interested in acquiring a piece of 9/11 World Trade Center steel for public display. Tons and tons of WTC steel are being stored at a JFK airport hangar.

Several large pieces of WTC steel will be part of the exhibition experience of the 9/11 Memorial Museum, which is scheduled to open in 2012.  The well-known 58-ton Last Column, recovered from ground zero, has already been installed at the site as construction on the museum continues.

By Michael Frazier, Sr. Communications Manager for the 9/11 Memorial