A Mercer Island fire crew discovered that many Islanders made tributes on Sept. 11 by leaving candles and flowers at the artwork at the South-end Fire Station this past Friday.

The public artwork, a sculpture by John Sisko, was created from steel beams salvaged from the World Trade Center.

The steel and concrete artifact was released by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, for inclusion in the artwork at Mercer Island Fire Station 92, which opened earlier this summer.

“It was unexpected but really neat that people remembered that way,” said the city’s Amber Britton.