10.09.2016

Annual crane memorial

This weekend is the 15th anniversary of the destruction of the World Trade Centre in New York and the loss of thousands of lives.

In Egan Minnesota, Phillippi Equipment which also trades as Truck Crane Service has hoisted the flags for its annual commemoration in honour of all those people who have lost their lives from such cowardly acts of terrorism around the world. A tribute that company owner Tony Phillippi has organised every year since 2001.
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The annual September 11 memorial , this year with an American 5299, American 7460 and a 220t Grove GMK 5275 all with 36 metre boom lengths

This year the giant US flags are flying from two veteran lattice truck cranes, a 50 ton American 5299 and a 90 ton American 7460, along with a 220 tonne Grove GMK 5275 all rigged with 36.6 metres/120ft of main boom. The flags will fly fully illuminated until Monday.
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The memorial comprises two 6 x9 metre flags and picture