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“You thought you could hurt us, but you didn’t. In fact, you did just the opposite. By doing what you did, you gave us another opportunity to come together.”

“I’m blown away. It’s always nice to see dreams deferred being realized… not denied….I’m going to have to take a few moments to soak it all in."

"There is potentially no greater symbol of our image than our airport, which serves as the front door to our community.”

Leaders from the city of Rochester and Monroe County were on hand for the installation of a Frederick Douglass statue in Maplewood park Thursday. The statue which stood there since 2018 was toppled on July 5th and thrown in the Genesee River Gorge.

“An airport is the place to display ourselves to the world, and also to ourselves, we use it more than anyone else.”

Police say that the statue was torn off its base, and left about 50 feet from its pedestal. The statue had been placed over the fence to Genesee River gorge and was leaning against the fence.

The capsule was actually a waterlogged tin box, that has a bunch of what appears to be old newspapers, books and other items.