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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Derry has a nose for trouble. The yellow Labrador retriever uses his sniffer to scan for explosives at office buildings across New York City. Derry is also assigned to the World Trade Center site, where he is helping to keep the 9/11 Memorial safe.De
Volunteer Bonnie McWhorter Caccamise rushed to ground zero on Sept. 11 to help anyway she could, joining thousands of men and women from New York and across the country to aid in the relief effort. She cared for firefighters, police officers, constructio
Our partners at Project Rebirth are working to raise awareness about the importance of first responders and crisis management in communities and have recently released a new public service announcement. The organization stems from the feature-leng
Every year, tens of thousands of people from across the country and around the world come to tackle the ING New York City Marathon, a prestigious 26.2-mile course. This year, a group of runners very special to all of us at the 9/11 Memorial will be among
The "Memory & Memorialization" conference returns to the New York University campus from Nov. 17 through Nov. 19.The annual conference brings together many of the world's leading academic experts and researchers on memory whose charge is the developme
The National September 11 Memorial has been honored with a nomination as one of Travel + Leisure’s best new landmarks in the world. Vote for this national place of remembrance as your favorite new park or public space. Vote in Travel + Leisure’s Best New
Thanks to everyone who voted in Bow Tie Cause's "Best of BowTies" Facebook Challenge, Ken Rosenthal will rock the 9/11 Memorial REUNITE bowtie tonight during Game 1 of the World Series on FOX Sports.As you watch the St. Louis Cardinals take on the Texas R
Throughout the 2011 Major League Baseball season, FOX Sports’ Ken Rosenthal has rocked 25 different Bow Tie Cause bowties raising awareness for various charities, including the 9/11 Memorial. See the 9/11 Memorial bowtie featured on FOX Sports here.By "l
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
Developer Larry Silverstein recently told a real estate crowd that reconstruction of the World Trade Center site is a beacon of hope and the future of lower Manhattan is bright. Despite the slumped economy, he recalled m
