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 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 […]
Lt. Michael P. Shea, who served five years with the NYPD and 26 years with the Nassau County Police Department, died on April 1, 2017 of World Trade Center-related brain cancer. He was 52. His wake will be held at the Oyster Bay Funeral Home on Wednesday, April 5, 2017, from 3:00pm to 5:00pm and […]
Stephen M. Clark, superintendent of the Western Pennsylvania National Park Service sites, will host the first State of the Parks program on Wednesday, April 5, 2017 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm at Somerset Area High School. He will discuss recent news about five local National Park Service sites -- the Flight 93 National Memorial, the Johnstown […]
Our friends at Tuesday’s Children have a one-time-only volunteer opportunity for members of the September 11th community. You would be needed on Thursday, April 27, 2017. Their largest program, Take Our Children to Work Day, will take place on Thursday, April 27, 2017 in New York City, Washington DC, Boston, and Jacksonville, Florida. Take Our Children […]
Lt. Michael P. Shea, who served five years with the NYPD and 26 years with the Nassau County Police Department, died on April 1, 2017 of World Trade Center-related brain cancer. He was 52. Lt. Shea’s funeral Mass will be held at St. Dominic Roman Catholic Church in Oyster Bay on Thursday, April 6, 2017 […]