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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They came hours after the collapse of the north tower, the last of the two iconic skyscrapers to fall. They would remain at Ground Zero for nearly a year. First responders, construction workers, relief workers, engineers and contractors from New Yor
The Ketterer family of Long Island, N.Y., has received a WTC-inspired motorcycle designed by Paul Teutul Jr. of Discovery Channel's "American Chopper." The Ketterers had their family name pulled in a Jan. 20 raffle drawing for the one-of-a-kind chop
At the time of its completion, One World Trade Center, or what is commonly known as the Freedom Tower, will soon scrape the New York City skyline at 1,776 feet. The height of the tower symbolically represents the year that Continental Congressformally ado
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and 9/11 Memorial President Joe Daniels today announced a special event recognizing the 10th anniversary of May 30, 2002, which marked the formal end of cleanup operations at Ground Zero. The event, to be held at the 9/11 Memori
The 2012 TED Conference in California brought together some of “the world's most fascinating thinkers and doers.” Each was challenged to give the talk of their lives on a breadth of content including science, business, the arts and the global issues
Preserving the history of 9/11 is both an honor and a challenge for those of us who work at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. As assistant exhibition media curator, part of my job is to gather photographs, video and other media to document
Today I will stand on the National September 11 Memorial with a group of men and women representing our armed forces. A number of them bear the distinction of having served as U.S. Navy SEALs. They are on the first part of a walking relay to Dallas, Texas
A replica of a World Trade Center restaurant carpet, which was designed to look like the island of Manhattan, has been donated to the 9/11 Memorial Museum's collection.The Domaine du Cellier aux Moines in Givry, France, donated the replica Manhattan carpe
Sean Anderson, the 9/11 Memorial's chief technology officer, recently gave CNET's Daniel Terdiman a rundown of the tech being used at the memorial. From an app for finding names on the memorial to a specially-designed we
"We mourn with you. We thank all those who have worked so heroically to save lives and to solve crime - those here in Oklahoma and those who are all across this great land, and many who left their own lives to come here to work hand in hand with you. We p
