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In honor of the 42nd anniversary of the opening of the original World Trade Center on April 4, 1973, we asked our Facebook, Google+ and Tumblr followers what they remember about their visits to the WTC before the attacks of September 11, 2001.
The dedication of the original World Trade Center took place 42 years ago today, on April 4, 1973.
The fighting and terror ravaging parts of the Middle East will be the focus of the second talk in a recently launched 9/11 Memorial Museum monthly series titled “The Heart of the Matter.”
An 18th-century wooden ship that was unearthed during the excavation of the World Trade Center site will now travel to Albany to be displayed at the New York State Museum, The New York Times reported earlier this week.
News and travel outlets recently named the 9/11 Memorial and Museum as a “must-see” U.S. destination.
Firefighters Chris Barber and John Mills, both located on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, are the founders of the New York City Firefighter Stair Climb, a newly created annual event held for the first time on March 16, 2015.
The 9/11 Memorial Museum will screen the film “Facing Crisis: A Changed World” daily at the bottom of the hour starting on Monday, April 6 in the Museum auditorium.
The 9/11 Memorial Museum received a 2014 Award of Merit from the Museum Association of New York earlier this month.
Award-winning filmmaker Scott Elliott has documented the design and landscape of the 9/11 Memorial plaza for the last five years.
The dogged determination of canines in the days and months after 9/11 cannot be understated. Hundreds of search and rescue dogs mobilized from across the country, working 12-hour shifts to search for survivors and recover victims.
