The 10th anniversary of the attack on America has proven no different. Drivers in both the Nationwide and Sprint Cup series ran special paint schemes honoring the victims of the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks, as well has calling attention and raising money for wounded soldiers’ needs.
The Tunnel to Towers Foundation was given special attention on the NASCAR entries and the Ford Mustang Funny Car of the awesome John Force.
The NNS #60 car of Carl Edwards specifically honored the Pentagon victims, which is close to West Virginians with the loss of Dr. Paul Ambrose, a Huntington native on the plane which crashed into the Pentagon. Dr. Ambrose worked closely with the United States Surgeon General's office on the National Call to Action on overweight and obesity and was going to a conference in Los Angeles dealing with this problem on September 11, 2001.
Here is the memorial at the Pentagon honoring those victims. The benches represent each person who died there. The names facing the Pentagon were on the plane, those facing away were in the building and on the grounds.
Diecasts of each are available at Lionel NASCAR Collectables. So far, the donation from the sales has been $125,000 to the Tunnel to Towers Foundation.
I, personally, am not a diecast collector, but this one I will purchase.
http://www.lionelnascarcollectables.com/91101-HONORING-OUR-HEROES
The Tunnel to Towers Foundation features a run in Manhattan which follows the path FDNY firefighter Stephen Siller who ran through the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel to the WTC in full turnout gear (75 pounds of equipment on his back) to rescue people at Ground Zero.
For more information about the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation, visit www.tunneltotowersrun.org.
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