Kabul International Airport 9/11 Memorial
Location: Kabul, Kabul Province, Afghanistan
Dedication Date: September 11, 2012
Creator: Commissioned by 438th Air Expeditionary Wing, U.S. Air Force
Medium: Metal (WTC fragment)
Description: Memorial featuring metal fragment from the World Trade Center, dedicated by unit of U.S. Air Force stationed in Afghanistan in remembrance of the victims of 9/11, particularly the first responders.
Text:
“PAPD
37
NYPD
23
FDNY
343
‘These acts
shattered
steel
but they
cannot
dent the
steel of
American
Resolve.’
G. W. Bush”
(Numbers refer to casualties in each department.)
Latitude & Longitude: 34.565953, 69.21253