BERKS COUNTY, Pa. – The whereabouts of a sign from the World Trade Center that survived the September 11th attacks are no longer a mystery.

25 years later, the sign is in a secure location in Berks County. The question now is: how can it be put on display?

“I did ask how much it weighed. They said 600 pounds. The sign might weigh six hundred pounds, but the base is probably twice that weight,” said Pa. Rep. Mark Gillen.

It’s about the length of a car.

“It’s 2016. We’ve been working on this project, trying to secure steel for the better part of a year. There was someone that this was intended to go to, but for whatever reason, they didn’t pick it up,” said Gillen.

Made of aluminum alloy, steel, and concrete. With a yellow Number 5 pressed in against a fading maroon background. In bold, white letters, the words World. Trade. Center.

“They want to close Hangar 17, the old Pan Am hangar at JFK Airport. They want to get all this stuff out; there are 2,500 articles, just a few are left — including this,” said Gillen.

“This is a significant oddity that survived the Attack of 9/11 and further turned out to be an urban legend. Nobody knew where the sign was,” he remarked.

It’s now in Berks County, and it’s a lot of things, depending on who you ask. An artifact. Evidence from a crime scene. A piece of dark history that still has an energy emanating from it.

“These things, these items, these artifacts – they cultivate, they stir memories, they remind us of the event,” said Gillen.

Especially if you lived through the agonizing aftermath.

“It’s probably a unique sensation I feel since I was at ground zero that night. 9/11 and 9/12, working the pile,” he shared.

From the pile, to a place that’s still uncertain.

“The County of Berks initially expressed interest in it, and then we have another possible tunnels to towers,” said Gillen.

But wherever its final resting place will be, it will serve an everlasting purpose.

“Things have changed remarkably now in terms of artifacts from that period of time. I think the same will be true of 9/11. I think the interest is going to grow,” said Gillen.

“I think this is a great educational tool,” said Gillen.

“Just think of the tens of millions of people that were born after 9/11; I don’t want this to be forgotten,” he added.