MIT's latest hack honors 9/11 firefighters

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<p><a href=“http://hacks.mit.edu/Hacks/by_year/2006/firetruck/[/url]”>http://hacks.mit.edu/Hacks/by_year/2006/firetruck/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>On the morning of September 11, 2006, MIT hackers placed a 25’-long Fire Truck on the Great Dome to commemorate the five-year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Although MIT has no fire department, the side of the truck read “MIT FIRE DEPT.” </p>

<p>Many onlookers interpreted the hack as honoring the men and women in fire departments across the country.</p>

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<p>Love it! MIT must have a very creative Building and Grounds department, always having to go up on the dome and dismantle those things later.</p>

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<p>Fantastic. How great is this school?</p>

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<p>AWESOME!!!</p>

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<p>Very cool!</p>

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<p>Do we love this school or what?</p>

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<p>Note that the emblem on the side of the truck (which included the laborer and scholar who represent “Mens et Manus” in the school seal, dressed as firemen) read, “Meminimus” which I’m told means “We remember” in Latin. The inflatable dalmations were icing on the cake.</p>

<p>(PS: Every hack, by tradition, provides its own instructions about how to safely disassemble and remove. My son told me the firetruck was still there through early evening 9/11 anyway… ostensibly because they couldn’t arrange a helicopter in time, but <em>I</em> think it’s because it was just too cool to take down.) </p>

<p>(In fact, in this picture you can see that it was still atop the dome at 8pm that evening.)</p>

<p>Bravo.</p>

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<p>Very well done.</p>