The Lens: Capturing Life and Events at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum

FDNY and NYPD rescue and recovery workers salute the Last Column in the Museum’s Foundation Hall. Messages written on the column can be seen in the foreground.
FDNY and NYPD rescue and recovery workers salute the Last Column. Photo by Jin Lee.

The Lens: Capturing Life and Events at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum is a photography series devoted to documenting moments big and small that unfold at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum.

The View: A look back to last year’s ceremony the sacrifices and selfless contributions of all the 9/11 rescue and recovery workers and their families. In honor of the 14th anniversary of the end of this historic effort, we will again host a week of dedicated programs and commemorative activities from Monday, May 23 through Monday, May 30.

By 9/11 Memorial Staff

 

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Story Behind the Last Column’s First Markings

A close-up of the Last Column shows tributes added to the concrete beam by first responders. Among these are images of victims and fire patches. Visitors to the Museum can be seen sitting on benches in the background.

The Last Column, standing in the center of the 9/11 Memorial Museum’s Foundation Hall, is covered in thousands of markings and tributes placed on the beam by workers and family members.

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Colleagues Use Special Chair to Save Quadriplegic on 9/11

A blue and yellow evacuation chair used on 9/11 is displayed on a white surface in the Museum. The chair was used by to evacuate a quadrplegic man, John Abruzzo, from the North Tower. The chair includes wheels and sled-like components that make it easier to descend stairs.

Mike Fabiano was knocked off his chair and immediately urged his colleagues on the 69th floor of the North Tower to begin evacuating.

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