Fourteen years later, they sit in a mostly empty Hangar 17 at JFK Airport — the last remains of 9/11.
After the Sept. 11 attacks, the Port Authority stashed about 1 percent of the relics recovered from the World Trade Center ruins, everything from crushed police cars to store mannequins.
All but 226 of the 2,563 pieces have been distributed— sent to 1,472 organizations in the United States and abroad.
Now the PA plans to dole out the rest by March, when it will demolish the hangar.
The school requested a relic after Ellie Brinling, 8, brought five seeds from The Survivor Tree at Ground Zero and cultivated one to plant on campus.
Ellie is excited that the PA has granted her wish.
“It will help the kids understand how important it was on that day and how sad it was,” Ellie told The Post.
This week, the Trolley Museum of New York in upstate Kingston will get PATH Train Car No. 143, found virtually unscathed amid the ruins. The museum plans to build a 9/11 wing to house the car.
“My vision is to have people walk through it and around it so they can get a feeling of reverence for the people who died that day,” said Erik Garces, the museum’s president.
Fulton Montgomery College in upstate Johnstown was granted a 32-foot-tall, 36,000-pound section of the north-tower antenna, which it will erect on a platform. A Ground Zero worker taking classes there had asked for a WTC piece, said the school’s president, Dustin Swanger.
Elks Lodge 1493 in Beacon, Dutchess County, will get the last remaining steel beam, which bears holes left by Ground Zero workers who cut out crosses and Stars of David to take as souvenirs. It will go in the lodge’s front yard.
“Everybody was ecstatic to get a piece of the World Trade Center to never forget what took place,” said Carl Oken, a retired correction officer and chair of the lodge’s Americanism committee.
Odd objects include LensCrafters optical tools, wigs, Casual Corner shirts, a costume-jewelry display and mannequins, including one in a red metallic bra and panties and another in a swimsuit labeled “Sentimental NY.”
“We hope they will all be taken, and if not, we will make decisions on how they can continue to be stored,” said PA spokesman Steve Coleman.
None of the PA items belonged to victims, officials said. The NYPD said it is holding 3,483 unclaimed personal effects, including 374 pieces of jewelry and other items such as glasses, wallets, keys and clothing.
Additional reporting by Abigail Gepner
Items already assigned
1. I-beam. The last steel beam from the WTC is going to the Elks Lodge 1493 in upstate Beacon, where it will be erected as a 9/11 memorial. Holes remain in the steel where Ground Zero workers cut out crosses and stars as mementos
2. PATH Train Car #143. The car is headed to the Trolley Museum of New York in upstate Kingston. The museum, which is getting several artifacts, plans to build a 9/11 wing. Visitors will be able to walk inside the still-intact car.
3. PAPD patrol car, crushed: Going to the Weymouth, Mass., Fire Department.
4. North-tower antenna piece. The 36,000-pound section is going to Fulton Montgomery Community College in upstate Johnstown and will be the centerpiece of a 9/11 memorial at the campus entrance.
5. Marvin the Martian Spaceship Alarm Clock in original packaging. Going to Cracker Trail Elementary in Sebring, Fla., to be placed in an indoor 9/11 display, an idea of student Ellie Brinling, 8.
6-7. Cladding, aluminum panel. Two pieces, one to the Roselle (Ill.) Fire Department and one to the FBI New York Field Office.
8. Elevator motor going to the Trolley Museum of New York.
9. Flagpole going to the Trolley Museum.
10. Subway Signs: “Never Settle” ad, “NR” subway sign and signs for “Uptown and Queens via North Underpass” and “Church St. via North Underpass.” Going to the US State Department.
11-13. Vehicles and parts: burnt civilian car engine, civilian car and PAPD SUV. Going to the Trolley Museum.
14-19. Processed exterior steel. Six pieces going to fire departments in Michigan, California and New York), the Olathe (Kan.) School District and the Strike Fighter Squadron in California.
20. Miscellaneous building materials going to the US Army in Virginia.
21-22. Pile/pieces of rebar going to FEMA in DC and the Trolley Museum.
23. Miscellaneous twisted pieces going to the Hermitage Museum Foundation in New York.
24. “We Love You Mommy” banner going to US Customs and Border Protection in DC.
25. Metal file-cabinet frame going to the FBI in New York.
26-32. Assorted Clothing: A tan cardigan, Superman shirt, red button-down shirt, red striped shirts going to US Customs and Border Protection.
33. Collection of retail hangers and hooks from Warner Brothers Studios Store, with a piece of lottery ticket attached to one, going to Warner Bros. Corp.
34. Notebook from Bankers Trust in 4 WTC going to Cracker Trail Elementary in Florida.
35-41. Warner Brothers shirts, including Daffy Duck, Marvin the Martian, Scooby-Doo, Tasmanian Devil, Wiley Coyote, going to Warner Bros. Corp.
42. Looney Tunes mousepad going to US Customs and Border Protection in DC.
43. “Noteable and Quotable” fragment from The Wall Street Journal going to US Customs and Border Protection. in DC
44. “European Funds for Quarterly and Annual Returns for 1999.” Stack of papers going to US Customs and Border Protection. (DC)
45. Metal hinge with “Ann Taylor” paper going to US Customs and Border Protection. (DC)
46-54. Cut steel beams and plates. Nine pieces going to various museums, schools, US Army and fire departments in Florida, New Jersey, New York and Massachusetts.
55. Parking-structure column going to Bakersfield (Calif.) Fire Department.
56. Cut I-beam going to Ohio Disaster Search Dogs, Bellbrook (Ohio) Firefighters.
57-60. Steel beams, aluminum cladding, steel pieces. Four items going to South Bay (NY) Fire Department, FEMA in Massachusetts, US Army in Virginia, and the Village of Island Park, Long Island.
61-62. Piles of telephone wires, tubing, building materials going to Trolley Museum.
63-65. Pallets of metal and steel fragments, three to Trolley Museum, US Customs and Border Patrol and Boy Scout Troop 102 in Pennsylvania.
Items still available
66. A plywood sign spray-painted “WTC5” — all that’s left of 5 WTC the nine-story office building, which was heavily damaged on 9/11 and demolished in January 2002.
67. A three-tiered circular Casual Corner display table from the Casual Corner store in the concourse emerged intact after the towers collapsed . It holds colored button-down shirts with tags attached.
68. A rotating jewelry display with necklaces and earrings recovered from the underground Casual Corner store.
69. Miscellaneous stone on a wood pallet
70. Aluminum trim
71-75. Cladding, aluminum trim, flat panel, tube and angle (5)
76-80. Bronze anodized aluminum panel and flat panels (5)
80-82. North-tower antenna pieces (3)
83-85. Elevator cab, motors (3)
86. Electrical connections
87-89. Damaged civilian vehicle; non-steel bullet and metal piece recovered from it (3)
90-91. PAPD cars (2)
92. Pile of building materials
93. Pallet of clothing remnants
94-95. Twisted materials (2)
96. Plywood sign spray-painted “BANKERS TRUST”
97-98. Metal file-cabinet frames (2)
99-100. Metal file-cabinet drawers with files (2)
101. Miscellaneous rags
102. Phone message book
103-106. Lenscrafter tools, including frame warmer, lensometers and electrical cords (4)
107. Steel cabinet with wood top
108. Collection of black-and-white checkered coats on wooden hangers from Casual Corner
109. Display unit on wheels
110. Cardboard scraps
111-118. Collections of clothes from Casual Corner, including shirts, hats, gloves, shirts, sweaters, a necklace, tags and hooks (8)
119-128. Partial mannequins wearing clothing from Casual Corner including shirts, accessories, jewelry and pants; one painted (10)
129. Heavily damaged retail remnants
130. Mannequin stand
131. Broken retail hangers
132. Metal jewelry display tree with necklaces and bracelets
133-134. Wigs, one brown hair, one black afro (2)
135. “2 for $20 Sale” sign made of cardboard and paper
136. Heavily damaged jewelry collection from Casual Corner
137. Plastic Marlboro cigarette case with packs
138. Black skateboard helmet, Size M
139. Collection of straw hats from Casual Corner
140. Metal rack
141. “Kids Accessories” sign
142. Tonka fire-engine manual wrapped in plastic
143. Yellow box with Far Nine label
144. Pink snakeskin pattern necklace from Perfumaria Milano tagged $8.99
145. Various Textile equipment and fabrics
146. Computer network cords/cables
147. Bundled-up paper
148. Cubicle wall part
149. Burned documents
150. Torn knit (cotton/fleece) winter hat, monogrammed “Dale”
151-206. Train rails (56)
207. Double train rail
208. Aluminium trim
209. Steel column with concrete
210-212. Cut steel beam (3)
213-214. Cut plate (2)
215. Cut steel plate
216. Parking structure column
217. Cut I-beam
218. Rebar/truss
219-220. Pallet with metal remnants (2)
221-222. Pallet with aluminium cladding (2)
223. Pallet miscellaneous metal wire
224-226. Pallet with steel fragments (3)