9/11 Museum
The museum is honoring the anniversary of Sept. 11 with a new exhibit, “Recovery and Reflection, Celebrating the 9/11 Tribute”
Retired FDNY Firefighter Lee Ielpi’s mission to collect and share WTC steel focuses on remembrance and education
The “Unmasking Our Heroes” exhibit and video share the stress and community support FDNY EMS personnel experienced in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic
“Together we helped fulfill our promise to never forget, and we are looking forward to keeping this going for many years to come,” said Capt. Brian Minardo
Through a series of portraits, Kate Bergen hopes to elevate the stories and recognition of the women who answered the call on that September day
Officials confirmed the live reading will be reinstated following disagreement over pandemic restrictions last year
A damaged FDNY ambulance displayed at the 9/11 Memorial Museum immortalizes the bravery and sacrifice of the EMS providers who responded to the attacks
While many events have moved to the virtual realm, COVID-19 has not stopped EMS from commemorating 9/11
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced crews setting up the Tribute in Light will be supervised by health officials following a previous announcement that the tribute would be canceled due to COVID-19
The Tunnel to Towers Foundation says it will hold an in-person, socially distanced event with families after the 9/11 Memorial and Museum switched to pre-recorded readings
The museum will be farther away from the World Trade Center memorial but with triple the space
Twenty-five high school students visited the museum thanks to local fire, police and EMS union members
The official opening marked a symbolic return to some sense of normalcy for the site where the towers toppled
The National Sept. 11 Memorial Museum was open for the first time on the anniversary
“I honestly don’t think it’s appropriate — selling scarves to commercialize the deaths of 3,000 people” — Brooklyn state Sen. Martin Golden
Museum president: “You won’t walk out of this museum without a feeling that you understand humanity in a deeper way.”