Anyone know what happened to firefighter statue donated to New York?

Question

Right after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the state of Missouri donated a statue of a firefighter to the City of New York. It was placed on a flatbed and positioned outside one of the hotels there (I believe it may have been the Milford Plaza) and became a temporary memorial for people wanting to honor the fallen firefighters. Does anyone know what has happened to that statue? I know Missouri received a duplicate of the first, but what happend to the original? Are there any plans for it going into a permanent memorial?

Answer 1

I think this link might explain your question.

Answer 2

"The 6-foot-tall bronze statue of a kneeling firefighter, which had sat on a truck bed in the street outside the Milford Plaza Hotel in Midtown Manhattan, has found a permanent home just a few feet away. It has been moved from Eighth Avenue near 44th Street to the sidewalk as a permanent memorial to firefighters and members of law enforcement agencies who died on Sept. 11."