The MEMO Blog

Approximately 80 first responders, combat veterans and their families visited the 9/11 Memorial as part of a tour organized by the Long Beach Waterfront Warriors and the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey.

A platoon from the United States Marine Corps Color Guard received a special tour of the 9/11 Memorial & Museum.

For survivors and first responders, there’s no clear path to healing after the life-changing trauma of 9/11. Some take to art, exercise or charity.

To walk a mile in someone’s shoes is to understand what they have endured. Three pairs from the 9/11 Memorial Museum’s collection – blood-stained heels, muddy work boots and hospital slippers – tell three varied tales of survival.

Father Brian Jordan first laid eyes on the conspicuous object on Sept. 23, 2001, after celebrating Sunday Mass for the Ground Zero rescue and recovery crew.

On September 11, 2001, Joe Quinn lost his older brother James Francis Quinn, an employee at the financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald, located in the North Tower.

The Lens: Capturing Life and Events at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum is a photography series devoted to documenting moments big and small that unfold at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum.

Independence Day was recognized on the 9/11 Memorial with two special remembrances: American flags were placed in the 2,983 names inscribed on the bronze parapets of the 9/11 Memorial, and Boy Scouts folded American flags that had been flown over the Memorial.

This young Marine was part of a drill team that recently performed at the 9/11 Memorial. Before the drill began, I noticed him at the parapets slowly tracing this name with his finger. He must have been very young on 9/11.