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.
Detective Erick Contreras of the Nassau County Police has died of cancer. He joined the Nassau Police in 1994. He worked at the site of the World Trade Center after the terrorist attacks on 9/11. His viewing will take place from 9:00am to 10:30am on Saturday, February 23, 2021 at the First Baptist Cathedral of […]
Retired NYPD Detective Brian Maley, 52, died of COVID-19 complicated by World Trade Center-related COPD on Wednesday, February 17, 2021. He retired from the 42 Detective Squad after more than 20 years with the NYPD. His funeral Mass will be said at Saint Theresa of the Infant Jesus Church in the Bronx at 9:45am on Tuesday, […]
Retired NYPD Officer Steven Edward Brandow, 56, died on February 22, 2021. He served the NYPD with the 115 and 41 Precincts, and was named Cop of the Year. His wake will be held on Wednesday February 24, 2021 from 2:00pm until 5:00pm and again from 7:00pm until 10:00pm at the Donza Funeral Home in […]
Join the Center on National Security at Fordham Law on Thursday, February 25, 2021 at 12:30pm Eastern time for a discussion of the challenges posed by the intersection of terrorism and technology. Panelists Audrey Kurth Cronin, Brian Jenkins, and Clint Watts will look at the role that technology has played in the evolution of terrorism, the […]
Retired NYFP Fire Patrolman Robert Joseph Renode, Jr., 67, died on February 21, 2021 of World Trade Center-related illnesses. Mr. Renode served the New York Fire Patrol for 27 years, and was known affectionately as “the Rat”. He was injured while responding to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and was unable to continue […]
Retired NYPD Police Officer Nicholas Purpero died of World Trade Center-related cancer on February 20, 2021, at the age of 48. He was an NYPD officer for 26 years, and had only recently retired. Officer Purpero's viewing will be held at Staten Island’s Colonial Funeral Home on Thursday, February 25, 2021 from 4:00pm until 8:00pm. […]