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Tunnel to Towers’ 21-foot steel beam reaches Indianapolis

By Drooid · Sep 12, 2026, 3:06 AM UTC · How we work

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Tunnel to Towers Tour

The Tunnel to Towers Foundation moves a 21-foot steel beam across the United States on Steel Across America tour.
The beam arrived at Indianapolis’s Indiana War Memorial on Aug. 19 as the tour’s 31st stop.
It has traveled over 10,500 miles through 21 states and Washington, D.C. since leaving Ground Zero.
The beam symbolizes nearly 3,000 civilians, firefighters, police, emergency workers and military personnel who died on Sept. 11.

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Tunnel to Towers Tour

The Tunnel to Towers Foundation moves a 21-foot steel beam across the United States on Steel Across America tour.
The beam arrived at Indianapolis’s Indiana War Memorial on Aug. 19 as the tour’s 31st stop.
It has traveled over 10,500 miles through 21 states and Washington, D.C. since leaving Ground Zero.
The beam symbolizes nearly 3,000 civilians, firefighters, police, emergency workers and military personnel who died on Sept. 11.

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