Alpine Border Patrol Station to display 9/11 remnant

August 11th, 2011

ALPINE – Two Alpine Station Border Patrol agents drove to New York City and back last week to pick up a twisted steel beam to be used as part of a memorial commemorating the attacks of 9/11.

The beam was part of one of the destroyed World Trade Center buildings and was being held by the …

Marfa BP Sector brings 9/11 artifact to Alpine station

August 4th, 2011

ALPINE – Alpine Border Patrol Station agents, Marfa Sector, have obtained an artifact from the World Trade Center disaster of September 11, 2001.

The artifact is being transported back to Alpine from New York in a truck driven by two Border Patrol agents.

When they arrive at the Brewster County line, there will be a solemn multi-agency …