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The 2012 TED Conference in California brought together some of “the world's most fascinating thinkers and doers.” Each was challenged to give the talk of their lives on a breadth of content including science, business, the arts and the global issues
Preserving the history of 9/11 is both an honor and a challenge for those of us who work at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. As assistant exhibition media curator, part of my job is to gather photographs, video and other media to document
Today I will stand on the National September 11 Memorial with a group of men and women representing our armed forces. A number of them bear the distinction of having served as U.S. Navy SEALs. They are on the first part of a walking relay to Dallas, Texas
A replica of a World Trade Center restaurant carpet, which was designed to look like the island of Manhattan, has been donated to the 9/11 Memorial Museum's collection.The Domaine du Cellier aux Moines in Givry, France, donated the replica Manhattan carpe
Sean Anderson, the 9/11 Memorial's chief technology officer, recently gave CNET's Daniel Terdiman a rundown of the tech being used at the memorial. From an app for finding names on the memorial to a specially-designed we
"We mourn with you. We thank all those who have worked so heroically to save lives and to solve crime - those here in Oklahoma and those who are all across this great land, and many who left their own lives to come here to work hand in hand with you. We p
The 9/11 Memorial Guide, which was developed by Local Projects and allows users to explore the Memorial's names arrangement, has been nominated for best online guide in the 16th Annual Webby Awards. Hailed as the "Internet's highest honor" by Th
New York resident Doreen Lynn Saunders watched the horrific events of September 11, 2001 unfold from her office building in midtown Manhattan. Like so many across the country and around the world, she felt an immediate impulse to commemorate those who los
Visitors to the national 9/11 Memorial who are old enough to recall horrific images of the burning towers, the collapse of the buildings and the tall piles of debris. They know, too, not only of the devastating loss of innocent lives and the impact on
StoryCorps and the National September 11 Memorial & Museum have won a 71st Annual George Foster Peabody Award for work commemorating the 10-year anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks.The award recognizes the work of the "September 11th Initiative,
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