Feature Article


Monett Metals Honored to Contribute to 9/11 First Responders Memorial


by Mike Renfrow, President, Monett Metals W


e were approached about a project for the 9/11 museum in the spring of 2019. The


project’s focus was to establish a memorial for the 9/11 first responders. Many of those emergency personnel, who were the first on the scene and those who worked for weeks during the recovery operation, have suffered from medical issues or died. The memorial is intended to pay tribute to their perseverance and courage in the face of ongoing medical problems. The memorial utilizes six stone monoliths skirting the sides of a


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pathway in the memorial park glade. Each monolith is in the shape of a ramp. The shape and location draw reference from the ramp used during recovery operation at ground zero. Additionally, the ramp shape is intended to symbolize the resilience of those first responders facing life threatening or life ending medication conditions. Each of the stone monoliths


incorporates metal straps that bind the stones together. While the binding is only symbolic, the artist intended to illustrate human resilience through this element of the monuments. Each metal


strap was unique and fitted together to complement the stonework. The straps were cast from structural steel recovered from the twin towers. This is where Monett Metals comes in on the project. We were task with melting the twin towers steel and casting the metal pieces per the artists design.


Monett Metals is somewhat of a unique foundry because we utilize two different molding processes. The first process is sand molding which creates chemically bonded sand molds that the molten material is pour into. The second process is called investment


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