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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Just as the 9/11 Memorial Museum honors the courageous efforts of the first responders to the terrorist attacks, a 10-year-old girl from Texas has expressed her appreciation for NYPD officers by sending them 200 handmade thank you cards, the New York Daily News reports.
Volunteering at the 9/11 Memorial Museum can be a meaningful experience for those who want to make a difference in somebody else’s life.
After the first attack on the World Trade Center on February 26, 1993, the Port Authority commemorated the lives of the six individuals who were killed, four of whom were Port Authority employees.
FBI Special Agent Francis J. Pellegrino joins former federal prosecutor Michael J. Garcia on February 25 in a compelling discussion, reviewing the hunt for the 1993 World Trade Center bombers.
The 9/11 Memorial will hold a commemoration ceremony on Feb. 26 to honor the 22nd anniversary of the first attack on the World Trade Center, in which six people were killed and more than 1,000 injured.
In a special podcast created and produced by the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, former New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly analyzes the new security challenges posed by the Paris terror attacks at Charlie Hebdo and the Hyper Cacher market.
On the 9/11 Memorial plaza is the “Survivor Tree,” a callery pear tree that was discovered at Ground Zero in October 2001 severely damaged, with snapped roots and burned and broken branches.
More than eight years before September 11, 2001, another attack on the World Trade Center killed six people and injured more than 1,000.
Ellen Karas, who was working in the U.S. embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, when al-Qaeda bombed the facility in 1998, shared her experiences during a talk at the 9/11 Memorial Museum on Feb. 6, 2015.
John C. Whitehead, Founding Chairman of the 9/11 Memorial & Museum, has died at age 92.
