The Lens: Capturing Life and Events at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum
The Lens: Capturing Life and Events at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum
![Two people walk by the blue and white facade of 7 World Trade Center in this nighttime shot.](/sites/default/files/styles/standard/public/paragraph/blog-page-introduction/2020-01/ambass0310_01_1.jpg?itok=Ne-bEfJw)
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.
The View: The base of 7 World Trade Center glows in iridescent lights on a recent early spring evening. Dedicated in 2006, the 52-story building is the first of the new World Trade Center complex to be rebuilt after 9/11.
By 9/11 Memorial Staff
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Running Toward the Fire: A First Responder’s Account
![Ramona Diaz-Allegrini poses for a photo in front of a smoky pile of debris at Ground Zero. The Koenig Sphere and the steel facades of the Twin Towers are visible in the background.](/sites/default/files/images/DSC_0143.jpg)
Ramona Diaz-Allegrini, a New York City union carpenter, was one of the few female first responders who aided in the rescue and recovery effort at ground zero.
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Bush Admin’s 9/11 Communications Show Insight on How Government Responded to Events of That Day
![Former President George W. Bush looks at an object out of view as he visits the 9/11 Memorial Museum.](/sites/default/files/images/COM%20GWB_6377.jpg)
“Unbelievable. Just got back into the White House, after having been in the ‘bunker’ all afternoon,” read an email from Clay Johnson III, a President George W. Bush assistant, who sent the message to an unknown recipient at 5:07 p.m., hours after the attacks on Sept. 11.