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Subway Car That Survived 9/11 Finds A Home In Connecticut Museum

During recovery from the World Trade Center wreckage, Car 745 is swung over Car 143 by crane. (Peter Rinaldi/Shoreline Trolley Museum)
During recovery from the World Trade Center wreckage, Car 745 is swung over Car 143 by crane. (Peter Rinaldi/Shoreline Trolley Museum)

One of two subway cars that survived the collapse of the World Trade Center on 9/11 has found a new home at The Shoreline Trolley Museum in East Haven, Connecticut. A special display will allow visitors to board the train for the first time in 15 years.

Lori Mack from  Here & Now contributor WNPR spoke with some of the people who were instrumental in preserving what is known as Car 745.

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Lori Mack, reporter at WNPR in Hartford, Connecticut. She tweets @lmackwnpr.

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