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Amid the challenges faced by many bereaved family and friends after 9/11, was the absence of physical remains to bury, depriving them of this traditional ritual of closure.
Nearly 11 years to the day, a group of about 40 Massachusetts chaplains returned to the World Trade Center site to visit the 9/11 Memorial on May 29 – a day before the anniversary of the May 30, 2002 ceremony that marked the formal end of the recovery efforts at the site.
A memorial is something designed to preserve the memory of a person or a past event.
Flowers, American flags, photographs and sentimental keepsakes are just some of the tributes left at the 9/11 Memorial by visitors every day.
Several stories below the 9/11 Memorial plaza is a modest memorial concealed from sight in a steam room. Its obscurity is intended.
In some respects, every day is Memorial Day at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum.
The people of Oklahoma have known tragedy beyond their worst nightmares.
One of the most dramatic manhunts in history culminated some two years ago, with the death of Osama bin Laden, the nation’s most wanted criminal who redefined the threat of global terrorism in the 21st century with his call for a violent jihad uprising against the United States.
Former football star George Martin is once again showing a commitment to honor the victims and first responders of Sept. 11.
Five officers from the New York State court system have donated a quilt made in tribute of three fallen colleagues on 9/11.
