9-11 NEVER FORGET Mobile Exhibit Escort

Event date: 
Wed, 08/13/2025 - 1:30pm

The 9-11 NEVER FORGET Mobile Exhibit Visits the Mcleod County Fair Aug 14-17, 2025

In 2013, the Tunnel to Towers Foundation launched its 9/11 NEVER FORGET Mobile Exhibit; a tribute to all those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001, including, of course, the 343 members of the FDNY who made the ultimate sacrifice. The high-tech, 83-foot tractor-trailer, which transforms into a 1,100-square-foot exhibit, is a tool to further educate citizens throughout the country about the events of that tragic day.

This memorial provides interactive education, including artifacts such as steel beams from the towers, documentary videos, and recordings of first responder radio transmissions. Interactive guided tours are carried out by FDNY firefighters who provide firsthand accounts of the day and its aftermath.

A procession of fire departments, law enforcement and motorcycles will be held on Wednesday Aug 13, 2025 at 2:00pm to escort the mobile exhibit arriving from New York to the Mcleod County fairgrounds in Hutchinson, MN.

Anyone interested in riding together to join the escort, meet at 12:30pm at Casey's in Mayer, MN with KSU at 12:45pm on Wednesday August 13.

Procession Escort Schedule:

  • 1:00pm-1:30pm Staging at Technology Drive NE, Hutchinson MN which is on Highway 7 East, right inside the city limits across the Hiway from Slumberland Furniture.

Police and Fire Dept trucks will line up on the right of way pointing West. Motorcycles can turn North onto Technology Drive NE and turn around and point South. Police and Fire will depart 1st going West on Hiway 7, then maybe half of the motorcycles. Then the 9/11 Truck/trailer. Then the remainder of the motorcycles with a police car bringing up the rear.

  • 2:00pm Escort procession starts

Route:

  • Technology Drive NE to Hwy 7 West
  • Left on Main St South to the roundabout by Menards
  • West on Airport road about 1/4 mile to the South entrance to the Fairgrounds

 

Please contact Rick Carriveau ([email protected]) if you are interested in participating in the escort or have any questions.