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South Jersey Girl Pursuing Eagle Scout Creates Touching 9/11 Memorial In Woodbury Heights

WOODBURY HEIGHTS, N.J. (CBS) -- A local girl, pursuing the rank of Eagle Scout, has created a touching memorial. Eyewitness News was in Woodbury Heights, Gloucester County, on Saturday for the ribbon cutting of a pavilion.

The pavilion was built by Caitlin Wallis.

It's dedicated to the first responders who perished while trying to save others on 9/11.

Caitlin could soon become one of a small number of young women who can call themselves Eagle Scouts.

It has only been two years since girls have been allowed to join.

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