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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It took more than five hours for Walter Philip Travers to descend 101 floors of the World Trade Center in a dark, smoke-filled stairwell while evacuating from his office on Feb. 26, 1993.
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.
On September 11, 2001, Brooklyn, N.Y. native Richard Pecorella lost the love of his life, his fiancé Karen Juday, who worked in the North Tower at Cantor Fitzgerald. Pecorella, who shared their love story in an oral remembrance after Juday’s death, died suddenly on Feb. 10, 2016. He was 63 years old.
On Feb. 26, 1993, a group of terrorists detonated a bomb inside a van in the parking garage below the World Trade Center. Moments later, calls poured into emergency dispatchers and hundreds of first responders arrived to aid in the rescue effort. NYPD Sgt. Timothy Farrell, who worked in the Emergency Service Unit (ESU), was among them.
This two part series highlights a selection of the diverse love stories in the 9/11 Memorial Museum's audio collection. Drawn from longer oral histories, an edited portion of audio is selected to play in the memorial exhibition. Below are the stories of two 9/11 victims as described by their loved ones.
This two part series highlights a selection of the diverse love stories in the 9/11 Memorial Museum's audio collection. Drawn from longer oral histories, an edited portion of audio is selected to play in the memorial exhibition. Below are the stories of two 9/11 victims as described by their loved ones.
New Jersey Congressman Tom MacArthur announced on Tuesday that his legislation to designate the 9/11 Memorial as a national memorial has passed the U.S. House of Representatives.
John L. Tishman, the real estate developer whose Tishman Realty and Construction Company transformed the skylines of major cities, died at the age of 90 at his Bedford, N.Y. home, according to The New York Times.
American Airlines flight attendant Betty Ann Ong loved her job. Based at Logan International Airport in Massachusetts, the San Francisco, Calif. native spent 14 years on the job and earned the role of head flight attendant.
NYPD Commissioner William Bratton joined family members of 9/11 first responders at a luncheon on Feb. 1 to commemorate the extension of the Zadroga Act, according to the New York Daily News.
