THE IRON AND STEEL RIDE FROM NYC TO SHANKSVILLE, PA

At the break of dawn just before September 11th, nearly a thousand strong gathered at Floyd Bennetts Field in Brooklyn to take the long eight hour drive from NY to the Shanksville Fire Department (Flight 93 crash site) in Pennsylvania to honor those who lost their lives on 911.

Below Riders sign the bottom of the Ground Zero Steel in respect for all those who lost their lives on 911.

SUN RISES ON THE STEEL FROM GROUND ZERO AT FLOYD BENNETT
FIELD IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK WHERE THE RIDE BEGINS JUST AS
THE CEREMONY BEGINS

BAGPIPERS PLAY A TUNE AS THE CEREMONY GETS UNDERWAY

SPEAKERS LINE UP TO TALK INCLUDING SENATOR AND FDNY
CHAPLIN AND IRENE BILCHER MOTHER OF BRIAN BILCHER ENGINE 33

Mrs. Bilcher gave a wonderful talk from the heart saying how much she missed her son and appreciated all that the Fire Department and his friends there have done to be so kind, understanding and respectful to her and her family.

Afterwards, Mrs. Bilcher made the long ride up to Pennsylvania where she was presented with an Angel from Delivering Angel's, Lei Hennessy Owen who delivers an angel to those who have show courage and heroism.