The 9/11 memorial in downtown Green Bay is one step closer to coming down. It’s filled with holes, cracks and faded names.
"It's embarrassing, I mean and then you add on the errors that are engraved in it, I mean, it was embarrassing."
Alderman Randy Scannell has lead the push to tear down the monument. It arrived over a decade ago as a gift from a now disbanded organization, and was rejected by the city of Madison.
Wednesday night, members of the park committee approved a recommendation to city council calling for its removal.
"There's maybe some talk of we're going to do fundraising for the new memorial and maybe use bits and pieces of that as part of the new fundraiser, if that's possible,” Scannell said.
An original beam from the twin towers, currently sitting on the monument will stay. Scannell says it will play a big role in the city's proposed new public safety building.
"It's going to go to the police department first, and there's talk of every six months moving it from the police administrative building to the fire administrative building,” he said.
Scannell says the overall hope is remembering the victims.
City council does have to approve the project before it can begin, that should happen next Tuesday.
Scannell says he expects the vote to pass. The beam would be moved during a service on September 11 this year.
