The official blog of the 9/11 Memorial & Museum features stories of commemoration and memorialization, and information on our public programs, special events, and ways to get involved.
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Staff photographer Amy Dreher snaps a lot of pictures at the World Trade Center site, documenting the construction progress. Amy also trains her lens on the smaller pieces that may be overlooked with a project of this magnitude. Through “The Lens: Viewing
Today we mourn the passing of Richard James Sheirer. As the former director of the New York City Office of Emergency Management (OEM), Richard, who many of us knew as Richie, led the coordinated rescue and recovery efforts in the aftermath of the 9/11 att
9/11 Memorial Motorcycle: MyFoxNY.comPaul Tuetul Jr., of “American Chopper” fame, and 9/11 Memorial President Joe Daniels appeared on Good Day New York to debut the motorcycle built to support the 9/11 Memorial and talk about the raffle to win the bike. A
Oral historians at the Flight 93 Memorial in Somerset County, Pa., are in the process of transcribing more than 780 interviews that have been recorded to create a documentation collection for research and education that compliments exhibits at the planned
Former New York City fire Capt. Dan Daly grew so angry when he watched the World Trade Center's north tower collapse and kill his fellow firefighters that he felt compelled to join the military and pick up a weapon.He would instead pick up a microphone an
The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage in Philadelphia recently hosted a lecture with Jan Ramirez, the chief curator and director of collections for the 9/11 Memorial Museum. Among other things, Ramirez discussed curatorial choices and the planning proces
In case you missed it, five board members have been selected for the Performing Arts Center as reported by several media outlets including Downtown Express.The New York Observer featured a rendering of the proposed center in its online report, confirming
Tree grower Van Wade apparently can pick out his swamp white oaks from the more than 200 others planted at the National September 11 Memorial at the World Trade Center site."I saw my trees on TV a few times," during 10-year anniversary broadcasts, Van Wad
The H.E.A.R.T. 9/11 team is again heading for Haiti, where they will build a fully secure, temperature-controlled hygienic pharmacy that will serve thousands of at-risk Haitians in Fond Parisien and the surrounding rural mountain area villages. The
Since opening in September 2011, the 9/11 Memorial has welcomed more than a million visitors from across the globe – people who have come to these hallowed grounds to remember, reflect and pay tribute. In addition to seeing the names of the nearly 3
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