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CFTC Chairman James E. Newsome (center), New York Regional Coordinator Marvin Jackson, and New York Chief Trial Attorney Beth Morgenstern Unveil the CFTC Seal at Homecoming Ceremony.

Madge Bolinger, CFTC Executive Director (left), and Sarah Henry, Deputy Director of the Museum of the City of New York, Display a Replica of the Recovered CFTC Seal.

CFTC Chairman James Newsome hosted a Homecoming Ceremony today for the CFTC’s seal, which was found warped and scratched in the rubble of the World Trade Center in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack. The seal was recovered at Ground Zero in early 2002 in reasonably fine shape.

The seal is now proudly displayed on a wooden pedestal encased in acrylic in the Main Reception area of the New York Office on the 19th floor of 140 Broadway. The agency’s name and details are still legible on the 2-foot diameter metal seal.

In today’s ceremony held at the New York Regional Office, Chairman Newsome and CFTC Executive Director Madge Bolinger presented the recovered seal to Marvin Jackson, New York's Regional Coordinator, and Beth Morgenstern, Chief Trial Attorney. Also participating in the ceremony was Sarah Henry, Deputy Director of the Museum of the City of New York. When the seal was recovered, the Museum initially took possession until the agency could be informed of the recovery. When New York CFTC employees were asked to vote on where the seal should permanently reside, they overwhelmingly voted to bring it back home to the office, where it was repatriated today.