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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Eight months after the Sept. 11 attacks, the FDNY football team suited up to battle the NYPD in their annual game for charity. But in 2002, the Finest versus the Bravest game would take place at Giant’s Stadium so 15,000 fans could honor them as heroes.
On the evening of Sept 10. 2001, Andrea Haberman considered giving up on her trip to New York. Her flight out of Chicago O’Hare International Airport had been canceled twice due to weather.
Visitors to the 9/11 Memorial & Museum are encouraged to leave handwritten messages of remembrance, hope and love at the interactive registry known as the Signing Steel.
On a beautiful winter day in January, a 9/11 Memorial visitor left a bouquet of pink roses at the Ladder 103 section of the South Pool.
The 9/11 Memorial & Museum offers a host of diverse educational and classroom activities for teachers, families and children which are designed to challenge students to think critically about a wide range of topics related to 9/11.
On the morning of Sept. 11 2001, Dianne DeFontes had just settled into her workspace on the 89th floor of the North Tower when an explosion threw her from her chair.
The 9/11 Memorial & Museum will hold its 5th annual 5K Run/Walk and Community Day on Sun., April 23, 2017. The run begins at Pier 26 in Tribeca and goes through scenic Battery Park along the waterfront esplanade before finishing near the 9/11 Memorial & Museum.
The National September 11 Memorial & Museum is proud to share the 2016 Year in Review, a look back at 12 months of innovative programming and commemoration that helped mark the 15th anniversary of the 2001 attacks.
Artist Donna Levinstone has always been drawn to clouds, for her they symbolize hope and have been a big part of her work. On Sept. 11, Levinstone was in her studio on the Upper East Side and witnessed one plane and then another crash into the World Trade Center.
As winter settles in New York City, we look back seven years ago to January of 2010 when the World Trade Center site and the 9/11 Memorial were being built.
