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.
Jack C. Waugh, 50, an ironworker with Local 40, died of World Trade Center-related cancer on March 29, 2017. Jack’s Mass of Christian Burial will take place on Monday, April 3, 2017 at 10:30am, at St. Benedict’s Roman Catholic Church in Holmdel, NJ. Cremation will be private. St. Benedict Roman Catholic Church 165 Bethany Road […]
There will be a blood drive on Monday April 3, 2017 from 2:00pm until 8:00pm at St. John’s Church in Cold Spring Harbor, NY (behind the Fish Hatchery). More and more of those who are sick from contact with World Trade Center toxins need blood. No appointment necessary. All donors are welcome. If you have […]
Richmond University Medical Center, Staten Island Hospital and Staten Island Borough President will hold a blood drive on Tuesday, April 4, 2017 from 9:30am to 3:30pm. No appointment is necessary. Blood levels in New York are currently low. Many of the survivors of 9/11 and recovery workers who are sick from their exposure at the […]
On Tuesday, April 4, 2017, at 1:00pm the Uniformed Firefighters Association (UFA) will begin the celebration of its centennial with a wreath-laying in honor of the more than 1,100 FDNY firefighters who have died in the line of duty in the last 100 years. The ceremony will take place at the Uniformed Firefighters Association headquarters. The […]
The World Trade Center’s Twin Towers were dedicated on April 4, 1973. Twelve years later, WPIX TV launched a campaign to promote the station (Channel 11) called "The Big Idea," which featured a fictional station executive named Henry Tillman whose one job was to find a big way to promote Channel 11. The poor guy never quite realized […]
Retired NYPD Detective Dennis J. Carroll, Sr. has died at the age of 75. The retired homicide detective was also a Vietnam veteran. His wake will be held at the Branch Funeral Home in Smithtown, NY on Wednesday, April 5, 2017 and on Thursday, April 6, 2017 from 2:00pm to 4:00pm and from 7:00pm until […]