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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Christine Egan was born and raised in Hull, England. After graduating from the Hull School of Nursing, she moved to Canada, where she began her career as a medical professional and educator.
The 9/11 Memorial & Museum’s spring 2018 public programming schedule will include discussions with experts on al-Qaeda and Iran’s nuclear program; the United States’ evolving relationships with Pakistan and Saudi Arabia; and the revitalization of the World Trade Center site in the 16 years since the attacks.
Amidst rolling hills and lush green vistas stands a very special grove of trees in the quiet Irish countryside. Hedges crowd narrow roads and the wind swirls and whistles on the climb up the hill that leads to the Kinsale 9/11 Garden of Remembrance.
Mayor of Kerry County Council, John Sheahan, and his wife Mairéad toured the 9/11 Memorial this morning, stopping at the Survivor Tree in reflection and laying a wreath in remembrance at the south pool.
On Tuesday, March 13, author Lawrence Wright, former FBI Supervisory Special Agent Ali Soufan and actress Wrenn Schmidt gathered at the 9/11 Memorial Museum to discuss Hulu’s limited series “The Looming Tower.”
A son of Irish immigrants, Damian Meehan played Gaelic football since childhood. He was a fullback on the team at Good Shepherd School in Manhattan and later joined the Gaelic Athletic Association’s New York division.
Eleven Tears was commissioned by the American Express Corporation in memory of 11 employees who died on 9/11. Located in the ground floor lobby of Three World Financial Center, the memorial is within view of the Trade Center site.
Norwegian-born artist Torild Stray’s charcoal drawing New York Metamorphosis was officially dedicated in the 9/11 Memorial Museum on March 5 at a ceremony attended by Stray and the Norwegian Consul General in New York Harriet E. Berg.
A group of 55 students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the school in Parkland, Fla., where 17 people were killed by a gunman on Feb. 14, 2018, visited the 9/11 Memorial & Museum yesterday morning.
From the outset, elevators functioned as the vital circulatory system of the World Trade Center and played a significant role in the efficient functioning of these quarter-mile high workplaces.
