Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com
Just days away from the 19th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the statewide memorial that honors victims in Lower Makefield was hit by vandalism.
The twin-stream fountain that sits at the center of the memorial was off midday Tuesday after soap was poured in the fountain, causing a large amount of bubbles that overflowed the basin overnight, according to authorities.
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“The fountain was turned off to drain and remove the residual soap. It will be back in service once filled,” Lower Makefield police Lt. Jason Braim said.
While the fountain was emptied of water, it did not appear that there was other visible vandalism at the site.
Police did not released on Tuesday whether there had been any other recent reports of vandalism at the site.
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The memorial opened in 2006 and honors the close to 3,000 victims of the attacks and the 18 that were from Bucks County.
Newspaper archives from the Bucks County Courier Times show that the memorial was vandalized in 2010 when someone turfed the grass and knocked over some trees.
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