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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Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt today visited the National September 11 Memorial, where she handed over a Danish flag found in the ruins of the World Trade Center, to the National September 11 Memorial Museum.The Prime Minister also laid flow
The video series “9/11 Decisions” has been completed and will be featured in original films made for the 9/11 Memorial Museum. The interviews will play in the auditorium in the Museum as part of daily programming. The series of i
Among the staggering statistics resulting from the 9/11 attacks are those associated with New York City’s fire department. On Sept. 11, at the World Trade Center, it suffered the loss of 343 firefighters, whose deaths represented 4,400 years of cumulative
Faced with an attack on the United States of unprecedented scope and brutality, how did government leaders respond on 9/11? How do these leaders look back on their decisions years later? These questions form the core of a film the 9/11 Memoria
Staff photographer Amy Dreher snaps a lot of pictures at the World Trade Center site, documenting the construction progress. Amy also trains her lens on the smaller pieces that may be overlooked with a project of this magnitude. Through “The Lens: Viewing
The National September 11 Memorial today marked its first year of operation at the World Trade Center site, where millions of visitors have paid their respects to the nearly 3,000 victims of the September 11, 2001 and February 26, 1993 attacks. The 9/11 M
The National September 11 Memorial & Museum today launched a planning guide to help communities, schools and individuals worldwide develop their own commemorations for the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks. The downloadable guide, whic
9/11 Day, the international nonprofit movement to observe 9/11 every year as a day of charitable service, is asking Americans what they will do this 9/11 to honor those lost that tragic day.Founded in 2002 by David Paine and Jay Winuk in honor of Winuk’s
Kansas City, Kan., started the first of two phases for its 9/11 memorial site in Overland Park. It included a groundbreaking on the site for the memorial that will feature a 14-foot piece of World Trade Center steel and four educational panels commemorati
More than 4 million people have visited the National September 11 Memorial at the World Trade Center since it opened last summer on the 10th anniversary of the terror attacks, the Associated Press reports.“More than 4 million people visiting the 9/11Memor
