The Lens: Capturing Life and Events at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum

A crowd of people stands near the Survivor Tree on Memorial plaza at night. The lights of the buildings of lower Manhattan are in the background.
Photo of a tour group near the Survivor Tree at the 9/11 Memorial. Photo by Monika Graff.

A tour group gathers near the Survivor Tree at the 9/11 Memorial at dusk. The Callery pear tree became known as the “Survivor Tree” after living through the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks despite being burned and broken. The tree, which was removed from ground zero after the attack, nursed back to health and returned to the site in 2010, is a symbol of resilience, survival and rebirth.

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Healing a City and Nation with Design

The south pool of Memorial plaza is lit up on a blue, cloudless evening in lower Manhattan.

Architects shape more than skylines. They transform neighborhoods, cities and societies. For Handel Architects, the firm that designed the 9/11 Memorial, they also helped rebuild a city and heal a nation after 9/11.

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Preserving Our History Through Storytelling

Richard Pecorella and Karen Juday are depicted as two animated characters in the shadow of the Twin Towers. Pecorella is on his knee and holding flowers as he proposes too Juday.

For more than a decade, StoryCorps and the 9/11 Memorial Museum have worked together on the September 11th Initiative, which aims to record one oral history to honor each life lost in the World Trade Center attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 and Feb. 26, 1993.

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