As the morning haze lifted at the Pentagon, employees slowed as they walked past the burned remains of Squad 252 Engine which was on display only a few hundred feet from where Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon. A few bowed their head and stood silently as others reached out to touch a fender or door still covered in soot and dust from Ground Zero.

More and more employees continued to stop by in remembrance to include Pentagon Police Officers that were present at the Pentagon that morning, as well as other firefighters assigned to various units within the Pentagon Force Protection Agency. Each stood in solace of each other and some embraced one another as this memorial seemed to freeze time of that fateful day.

This FDNY apparatus was one of the 1st to arrive at the North Tower of the World Trade Center buildings on September 11, 2001. The doors were open just as they might have been that morning when the six brave men on board ran to aid the thousands of victims to be lost. Among the lost would be these six firefighters along with 337 other firefighters.

Squad 252 was one of seven elite Special Operations units from Brooklyn, NY. These heroes aboard Squad 252 kept climbing to meet other firefighters even after the evacuation had been sounded; knowing fellow brothers and victims were still trapped inside.

These ordinary Americans which led extraordinary lives were fathers, sons, brothers, husbands and friends... lost that tragic day. The fallen members from Squad 252 Engine were:

Liutenant Timothy Higgins
Firefighter Peter Langone
Firefighter Tarel Coleman
Firefighter Pat Lyons
Firefighter Tom Kuveikis
Firefighter Kevin Prior

According to the New Jersey Star Ledger, several police agencies accompanied the vehicle to the Pentagon, where they will be on display briefly. Their final destination is the future National Museum of Americans in Wartime, which is now under construction in Prince William County in Virginia.

The museum also will receive a piece of steel salvaged from the former parking garage located below the North Tower.