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.

Funeral for Emergency Medical Technician Felipe Torre

Emergency Medical Technician Felipe Torre, 54, has died of World Trade Center-related gall bladder cancer. Mr. Torre’s funeral Mass will be held on Monday, October 15, 2018 at 11:00am at the Church of the Blessed Sacrament in Valley Stream. Cremation will be private. Donations can be made to the FDNY Foundation. Church of the Blessed […]

Funeral for Retired FDNY EMS Lt. Frank Curatola

Recently retired FDNY EMS Lt. Frank Curatola of Station 22 died on October 10, 2018. The funeral will take place at Our Lady Star of the Sea on Monday, October 15, 2018, at 12:30pm. Our Lady Star of the Sea 5411 Amboy Road Staten Island, NY 10312

Webinar – “Genomics and the Future of Cancer Treatment”

Our friends at CancerCare will present a webinar entitled Genomics and the Future of Cancer Treatment on Monday, October 15, 2018, from 1:30pm to 2:30pm (ET). Registrants can listen live via phone or online. The panelists will be Raoul Tibes, of NYU Langone Health; Bob T. Li, from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Sarah E. Kerr, […]

9/11 Environmental Action town hall meeting on WTC health issues

9/11 Environmental Action will hold a Town Hall meeting at Borough President's Gale Brewer's office on Monday, October 15, 2018. Doors will open at 6:00pm and the presentation will run from 6:30pm until 8:00pm. Both the Medical Director of the World Trade Center Health Program and the Special Master of the Victim Compensation Fund will […]

Return trip aboard the John J. Harvey fireboat from the Oyster Festival

Ride the retired FDNY fireboat John J. Harvey (with its historic dazzled paint job) on a trip to the Oyster Bay Oyster Festival. A free public trip will leave from Manhattan’s Pier 66 at 9:00am on Friday, October 12, 2018, the day before the Oyster Festival begins. The Oyster Festival runs from Saturday, October 13, 2018 […]

Conference – High-Rise Building Safety: Emerging Threats and Evacuation Challenges

FF Christian Regenhard Center for Emergency Response Studies 899 Tenth Avenue, New York, NY, United States

The Christian Regenhard Center for Emergency Response Studies will host a day-long high-rise building safety conference at John Jay College on Thursday, October 18, 2018 from 8:30am until 5:00pm. Speakers will include Roger Sakowich, Assistant Chief, FDNY; Jake Pauls, occupant movement expert; Justin Francis, Australian Fire Service, and Churchill Fellow (on high-rise practices in world […]