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William Macko lived in Bayonne, N.J. He and his wife, Carol, had four children. William was a former U.S. Marine and enjoyed fishing and cooking. He worked for the Port Authority as an assistant chief mechanical supervisor for the World Trade Center.
The oral histories collected by 9/11 Memorial Museum span the range of the whole human experience. These stories of bravery and loss, endurance and suffering and life and death often have one element in common: love.
The 9/11 Memorial and Museum, in partnership with VOICES of September 11th, will host a special program tonight for those affected by the 1993 and 9/11 attacks. “25 Years Later: The 1993 World Trade Center Bombing, Then and Now” will feature personal stories told by those who experienced the 1993 attack firsthand and discussion about long-term emotional recovery.
At 12:18 p.m. on Feb. 26, 1993, terrorists drove a rental van into the World Trade Center’s below ground parking garage and detonated a bomb. Six innocent people were killed, including a pregnant woman.
On the cold winter morning of Feb. 26, 1993, Carl Selinger headed to work at the World Trade Center where he was employed by the Port Authority as the manager of business development for the aviation department.
On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, artist Peter Ruta was on a Metro North train bound for New York City, intending to return to his studio on the 91st floor of the North Tower of the World Trade Center.
To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the first attack on the World Trade Center on Feb. 26, 1993, the 9/11 Memorial & Museum will be highlighting the stories of victims, survivors and artifacts related to the bombing and the subsequent investigation.
To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the first attack on the World Trade Center on Feb. 26, 1993, the 9/11 Memorial & Museum will be highlighting the stories of victims, survivors and artifacts related to the bombing and the subsequent investigation.
The 9/11 Memorial Museum kicked off a month-long commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing Thursday night with survivors of the attack and law enforcement officers who brought the perpetrators to justice.
When four of the perpetrators of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing faced trial, prosecutors relied on a model of the underground parking garage where the bomb was detonated. The FBI created the model to demonstrate the scale of the bomb crater that measured 150-feet wide and several stories deep.
