Stranded Statue Becomes Midtown’s 9/11 Icon

A bronze statue of a kneeling firefighter found its permanent home on Thursday outside the Emigrant Savings Bank on East 43rd Street.
Ivan Pentchoukov
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<a><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/09/_MG_3274.JPG" alt="A woman reads a commemoration plaque behind 'The Kneeling Firefighter' statue outside the Emigrant Savings Bank in Midtown Manhattan on Sept. 22. (Ivan Pentchoukov/The Epoch Times)" title="A woman reads a commemoration plaque behind 'The Kneeling Firefighter' statue outside the Emigrant Savings Bank in Midtown Manhattan on Sept. 22. (Ivan Pentchoukov/The Epoch Times)" width="575" class="size-medium wp-image-1797367"/></a>
A woman reads a commemoration plaque behind 'The Kneeling Firefighter' statue outside the Emigrant Savings Bank in Midtown Manhattan on Sept. 22. (Ivan Pentchoukov/The Epoch Times)
Ivan Pentchoukov
Ivan Pentchoukov
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Ivan is the national editor of The Epoch Times. He has reported for The Epoch Times on a variety of topics since 2011.
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