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Paul Wood Jr./NorthJersey.comThe Koenig Sphere is on display in Liberty Park adjacent to the World Trade Center, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017, in New York. The 25-ton, bronze sphere, damaged by the collapsing World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, has been returned to a spot overlooking the rebuilt site. It was made by German sculptor Fritz Koenig in 1971 and was situated on the plaza between the original trade center towers.(Photo: Mark Lennihan, AP)Sixteen years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, pieces of the former World Trade Center reside in all 50 states and several foreign countries.Of the more than 2,600 pieces of steel and other items distributed by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, nearly 270 reside in New Jersey.The rest are scattered around the globe, as far as Beijing; Pompeii, Italy; London; Berlin; Dungarvan, Ireland; Sao Paulo, Brazil; and several locations in Canada.There's one at the Grand Canyon in Arizona, and one at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.Another resides at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery in Washington.Some were adopted by federal agencies, military bases, veterans groups, historical societies, members of Congress and Boy Scout troops.The day that changed the worldClick here for The Record's archive of 9/11 coverageMost went to fire and emergency response agencies in towns scattered across the country, in tribute to the first responders who died in the attack on the Twin Towers on Sept. 11, 2001. The artifacts, which included structural steel, fire and police vehicles and other items, were distributed by the Port Authority over the course of six years that ended in August 2016. From 2002 to 2010, the Port Authority stored the artifacts in Hangar 17 at John F. Kennedy International Airport. Now those items have permanent homes. As a result, towns from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to Tewksbury, Massachusetts, have sections of the World Trade Center's steel structure. Many of those ... (NorthJersey.com)