SEQUIM — A piece of the fallen World Trade Center is expected to be on display in Sequim on Sunday.
Police Chief Bill Dickinson, Officer Randy Kellas and Detective Darrell Nelson set out Thursday for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to pick up an 843-pound chunk of steel from the towers destroyed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack.
They plan to be back in Sequim in time to deliver the artifact by noon next Sunday.
To mark the 10th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center, the 3-foot square piece of metal will go on display at the Museum & Arts Center’s DeWitt building, 544 N. Sequim Ave. across from Sequim High School, from noon until 3 p.m. that day.
From 3 p.m. to about 4 p.m., it will be on display at the Veterans of Foreign Wars post at 169 E. Washington St.
Dickinson said he hopes to see it become part of a permanent monument.
He said he’ll soon speak to the Sequim City Council about erecting it in front of City Hall at 152 W. Cedar St.
It was former Police Chief Bob Spinks, who resigned from his post July 2, 2010, who applied for the artifact at the urging of City Manager Steve Burkett.
Dickins received word several months later that Sequim could have one of the artifacts.
Community members have donated money for the expenses of the trip.
Sequim Mayor Ken Hays has said the issue of a permanent place for the artifact could be addressed at the 6 p.m. Monday, Sept. 12, meeting of the Sequim City Council.