As news of Osama bin Laden’s death was hitting the airwaves, a US demolition crew makes timely discovery.
Two weeks ago, a crew from O’Brien Wrecking was working in the Berks County Intermediate Unit (BCIU) building on a renovation project. An office was being converted to a mechanical room and they were told to remove the drywall in the room.
The wrecking crew was surprised by what they uncovered; a “time-capsule” wall of inspirational messages created in the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 attacks.
Stan Kita, BCIU assistant director, said that almost 10 years ago workers were putting up a three-story addition on the rear of their building and had bricked over a large picture window.
Dr. Kevin Andreyo, BCIU innovation and fund development administrator, said he and some colleagues were in a funk over the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. When they saw the new block wall, they used it as a blank slate.
“It was going to be covered with drywall in a couple of days so we started writing on it,” Andreyo said.
Andreyo drew an American flag. Others wrote inspirational quotes and other messages with ink markers. Soon other employees and construction workers started adding to what became an impromptu memorial to the almost 3,000 who died in the terror attacks.
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