9/11 Tribute Center programs are offered throughout the year. Lectures, educational workshops and support programs are available to unite family members who lost loved ones, survivors, Lower Manhattan residents, rescue and recovery workers and volunteers who assisted in the aftermath of 9/11. Visit tributewtc.org for a schedule of upcoming programs and events.
The fourth annual FDNY Firefighter Family Transport Foundation’s dinner fundraiser will be held on Friday, March 3, 2017 at Russo’s on the Bay in Howard Beach. Cocktails will be served at 7:00pm, with dinner to follow. Tickets for the event cost $120.00 per person. This includes dinner, music from a DJ and an open bar. […]
On Thursday, March 23, 2017 from 7:00pm to 10:00pm, DJ Quiana Parks, a blood cancer survivor, will present the third annual DJ for a Cure charity event at the W Hotel on Lexington Avenue in NYC. Everyone in the September 11th community knows the havoc wreaked by blood cancers on those exposed to toxins from […]
Retired FDNY Firefighter Ray Pfeifer is a beloved member of the September 11th community who has battled for the rights of those sickened by the toxins at the World Trade Center site while fighting stage 4 cancer. The FDNY Fire Family Transport Foundation has helped Ray greatly, as it helps countless families with members who […]
FF Joseph "Toolie" O'Toole (ret.) of 41 Truck was a beloved member of the FDNY and one of the hand-picked “ATV guys” at the recovery operation. We lost Toolie in December from World Trade Center-related bile duct cancer at the age of 61. Toolie’s kindness, his desire to help people, and his love of Irish […]
The FDNY is hosting its first annual Fired up for a Cure family picnic to raise cancer awareness on Saturday, June 17, 2017, from 10:00am until 2:00pm in Fort Totten Park in Queens. The fees to attend range from $30.00 to $50.00. Proceeds from the event will benefit the American Cancer Society, the FDNY Fire […]
FDNY Captain Mike Lyons, a 19-year veteran of the department who is still active, has been diagnosed with an extremely rare melanoma of the lungs, caused by his extensive time at the recovery operation at the World Trade Center site. Conventional treatments have been unsuccessful against this aggressive cancer, so the Lyons family has turned to an alternative treatment method, which is very expensive. To raise funds for Mike’s treatment, there […]