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Brenda Berkman is many things: a lawyer, an historian, a pioneering woman firefighter, a retired FDNY captain, a 9/11 first responder and Ground Zero recovery worker, a docent, a teacher, a White House Fellow and – added to her remarkable resume over the last decade – an accomplished artist.
In the days after Sept. 11, 2001, first responders and volunteers from all across the country came to Ground Zero to aid in the rescue, recovery and relief efforts. Surrounded by the rubble of the World Trade Center, these volunteers worked tirelessly in the hopes of finding survivors and ultimately, to recover victims’ remains and clean up the site.
Members of the 9/11 community gathered at the 9/11 Memorial Museum Wednesday night to mark the 16th anniversary of the completion of the rescue and recovery efforts at Ground Zero.
The 9/11 Memorial & Museum unveiled the design for the historic evolution of the 9/11 Memorial on Wednesday, the 16th anniversary of the formal end of rescue and recovery operations at Ground Zero.
A family celebration in honor of his 43rd birthday on the evening of Sept. 10, 2001, led Donald Anderson to call his supervisor the following morning to request the day off.
Ubiquitous in demolition and construction sites, hardhats are used both for safety and for identification purposes. The 9/11 Memorial Museum collection is home to several hardhats used during the rescue and recovery effort that followed the Sept. 11 attacks.
Paul W. Reedy Sr. (1945–2015) was born and raised in Mount Vernon, N.Y. He began his 17-year career with the New York City Department of Design and Construction (DDC) as a construction agent and worked his way up to a director’s position before retiring in 2006.
Found in the disaster and destruction of Ground Zero was a 36-foot-tall piece of steel that was still anchored to bedrock. The piece of steel, later identified as part of the South Tower, stood apart from the rest of the columns found within the 16-acre site.
On 9/11 and in the weeks and months following the attacks, an army of tens of thousands of firefighters, police officers, construction workers, search-and-rescue dogs, volunteers and more converged at the World Trade Center site to aid in search and rescue and ultimately recovery efforts at Ground Zero.
A special graduation ceremony was held at the 9/11 Memorial Museum Tuesday evening for high school students honored as the fifth class to have completed the museum ambassador program.
