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Raleigh to receive World Trade Center artifact

The City Council on Tuesday voted unanimously to accept a 2-foot piece of steel from the World Trade Center, which was destroyed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York City.

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RALEIGH, N.C. — Raleigh will soon be the home to a reminder of one of the nation's biggest tragedies.

The City Council on Tuesday voted unanimously to accept a 2-foot piece of steel from the World Trade Center, which was destroyed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York City.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey os donating certain artifacts from the World Trade Center site to public safety and government agencies throughout the nation.

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