September 12, New york

Brooklyn Station 255 Engine, 157 Ladder Tower. Over 100 years old.

The spiral stair case was used to prevent the horses from coming upstairs

Memorial in the apparatus room for a member who lost his life on 9/11

This Maltese is made of steel from the twin towers

Memorial on the wall of Engine 10, Ladder 10, this station is at ground zero.

Construction of the new buildings at ground zero

We started our day going to a Brooklyn station that housed 255 Engine and 157 Ladder tower. Before leaving on our trip, Rick was given a banner and challenge coins by representatives from the Hero to Hero's organization to deliver to this particular station. When we arrived they sat us down in the kitchen and fed us lunch. The engine was out and the ladder crew advised us to park inside, not a great neighborhood and we had all of our belongings on our bikes.

We presented them with the banner and coins, they gave us t-shirts from their ladder company. The guys were so nice and happy we were there.

We then made our way to ground zero where a nice young police officer let us park the bikes behind a barricade and watched them for us while we went for photos. The pictures shown are the new construction at ground zero. The memorial on the side of the station at ground zero was the first one done, by a private law firm because nothing was being done by anyone else. We left the city and spent a night in Allentown PA. We were unable to get to the Pentagon. We did stop at the Harley Davidson production plant in York PA and toured the place where all of our bikes were made! We went from there to Gettysburg where it wasn't raining this time and we enjoyed touring the battlefield monuments and museum. On to the Blue Ridge Parkway tomorrow. Stay tuned.