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.
John Anthony DeSimone, 72, died on Monday, October 5, 2020. He retired as a Lieutenant from the New York State Criminal Courts, and responded to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 at the World Trade Center. His funeral Mass will be held on Thursday, October 8, 2020 at 11:15am at St. Clare’s Church in […]
Olmsted Falls, Ohio will unveil its new 9/11 Memorial at 11:00am on Friday, October 9, 2020. The memorial, a small piece of World Trade Center steel and a 12-foot tall metal tower, is located next to the Olmsted Falls Fire Department. Olmsted Falls Fire Department 9274 Columbia Road Olmsted Falls, OH 44138
The annual Run for the Badge, supporting the National Law Enforcement Memorial Foundation, will be virtual this year and will be run on Saturday, October 10, 2020. Details are here. Register to run here.
At 10:00am EDT on Sunday, October 11, 2020, the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial will read the 307 names that were added to the Walls of Honor in 2020. Representatives from the Police Unity Tour will read the names. The ceremony will be broadcast live on the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund Facebook page.
At 11:18am on October 12, 2000, the guided-missile destroyer USS Cole was the target of a terrorist suicide attack in Yemen’s Aden Harbor. Seventeen U.S. Navy Sailors were killed and 37 were injured while saving their ship and colleagues. On this year's 20th anniversary of the attack, please join in a moment of silence to […]
FDNY Firefighter James J. Marshall, Jr., of Ladder 84, died on October 8, 2020 in a NJ car accident. He joined the Fire Department a month after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. His father, also an FDNY firefighter, died of World Trade Center-related illness in 2014. The wake will be held on Monday, October […]