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at the best price. Good morning and welcome to Kid News. I'm Tori. Today is Monday, May 4th,

otherwise known as Star Wars Day. May the 4th be with you.

And we begin with a piece of history on the move, and those organizing the coast-to-coast U.S.

tour hope kids, in particular, will get to see it. It's a 26-foot-long 16,000-pound steel beam

from the ruins of the South Tower of the World Trade Center,

which collapsed following the attacks on September 11, 2001.

Tunnels to Tower, CEO Frank Siller says the beam is sacred

and carries the souls of all the heroes lost on that fateful day.

The steel across America journey began on Saturday

and will include more than 35 stops and 10,500 miles before returning to ground zero in four months

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