Metro News Release

For immediate release: January 31, 2011

Metro honors employees lost in the line of duty


Employee memorial stands at Metro Center Metrorail station

Family members take rubbings from Employee Memorial Metro Employee Memorial Pylon Family members at the Employee Memorial inside Metro Center A memorial installed at the Metro Center Metrorail station honors Metro employees who have lost their lives in the line of duty.

Metro unveiled today (Jan. 31), a 12-foot tall, black polished granite pylon bearing the names of 26 employees, a permanent tribute to their sacrifice. The inscription on the circular-shaped, gray granite, base of the memorial reads: “Dedicated to those Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority employees who lost their lives in the line of duty.” The base uses the same material as the gray granite edge of Metrorail station platforms.

The employee memorial, commissioned by the Board of Directors and designed by Metro staff, stands as a public tribute to Metro employees, at the 12th and F Street mezzanine inside Metro Center.

In 2007, Metro established a scholarship fund to aid dependent children of employees who have died in the line of duty. Scholarship funds can be used for tuition, books, student fees or room and board at eligible educational institutions that include four-year colleges, community colleges and some technical/trade schools. Contributions to the Metro Memorial Scholarship Fund are tax deductible. Checks can be made out to the Metro Memorial Scholarship Fund/CFNCR and mailed to Starlette Hunter, Community Foundation for the National Capital Region, 1201 15th St NW, Suite 420, Washington, DC 20005.


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News release issued at 12:35 pm, January 31, 2011.