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6 x October 20 — November 2, 2022 x www.SouthwestOrlandoBulletin.com<br />
COMMUNITY<br />
CONTRIBUTION<br />
A Monument’s Journey<br />
Eagle Scout Project Pays Homage to Sept. 11<br />
by Regiane Dayse Scoz Cidral<br />
2023<br />
We want to know your<br />
Southwest Orlando favorites!<br />
• Best Family Restaurant<br />
• Best Fine Dining Restaurant<br />
• Best Fast Food/Casual<br />
Restaurant<br />
• Best Italian Restaurant<br />
• Best Mexican Restaurant<br />
• Best Sushi<br />
• Best Pizza<br />
• Best Steak<br />
• Best Seafood<br />
• Best Wine Shop/Bar/Happy Hour<br />
• Best Pet Services<br />
• Best Fitness Facility<br />
• Best Day Spa<br />
• Best Salon/Barber Shop<br />
• Best Church<br />
• Best Golf Course<br />
• Best Entertainment Venue<br />
• Best Wedding Venue<br />
• Best Child’s Birthday Venue<br />
• Best Private School<br />
• Best <strong>Real</strong> <strong>Estate</strong> Agent<br />
• Best Insurance Agent<br />
• Best Dentist<br />
• Best Physician<br />
• Best Veterinarian<br />
To vote, visit www.southwestorlandobulletin.com.<br />
The deadline is Oct. 28.<br />
Winners will be announced in the Jan 5, 2023, issue.<br />
Only one entry per Southwest resident allowed.<br />
At least 50% of the online ballot must be completed.<br />
As part of a Sept. 11 memorial built in 2011 by Eagle Scout Jeff Cox, a piece of the<br />
World Trade Center stands in Windermere.<br />
In honor of Patriot Day, the<br />
Rotary Club of Windermere<br />
recognized Jeff Cox, an Eagle<br />
Scout, Paul Harris Fellow and son<br />
of Rotarian Dale and Margaret<br />
Cox. In 2011, at the age of 15,<br />
Jeff won the National Eagle Scout<br />
Service Project of the Year Award<br />
for the Boy Scouts of America. He<br />
also won the Glenn A. and Melinda<br />
W. Adams National Eagle Scout<br />
Service Project of the Year Award<br />
out of 55,000 applicants, the<br />
Orange County District 1 Citizen<br />
of the Year, and an all-expensespaid<br />
trip to London to meet the<br />
Parliament and then Mayor Boris<br />
Johnson.<br />
The story began at a summer<br />
camp, where Jeff heard that it was<br />
possible to get a piece of the World<br />
Trade Center to build a memorial ...<br />
so that is what he did. Gary Bruhn,<br />
mayor of the Windermere at that<br />
time, found a quiet, secluded place<br />
near the Windermere Library<br />
and decided it would be the best<br />
place for the memorial. Jeff presented<br />
the project to the town council<br />
and received approval. The Rotary<br />
Club of Windermere supported his<br />
venture financially.<br />
More than 2,000 volunteer hours<br />
were documented on the project,<br />
and many Boy Scouts helped paint<br />
the tiles that were placed over the<br />
side of the monument. There is a<br />
tile for every country, showing the<br />
international laws, and also for<br />
those who lost a loved one. There<br />
are tiles representing the firefighters,<br />
Pentagon and police officers who<br />
lost their lives, as well. The granite<br />
was a donation.<br />
During many calls to the port authority<br />
regarding which piece of the<br />
World Trade Center he could receive,<br />
Jeff was given seven options<br />
to choose from. He chose the piece<br />
of steel that’s part of the memorial in<br />
particular because of the rip in the<br />
middle and the twisted nuts on the<br />
side. The monument stands close to<br />
Windermere Library and town hall,<br />
and it is visited by many people every<br />
year.<br />
On Sept. 11, Americans remembered<br />
the lives lost and the community<br />
that came together to help one<br />
another during such a tragic time. ª
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