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 2015 World Pancreatic Cancer Day is November 13, 2015. Worldwide there are around 280,000 new cases of pancreatic cancer each year and it is the seventh biggest cancer killer. Rates of pancreatic cancer are abnormally high among World Trade Center recovery workers. Yet the disease barely gets attention. This cancer is chronically underfunded and has […]
Will Jimeno, a Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department (PAPD) officer who was trapped in rubble during the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, will speak and donate a piece of steel from the World Trade Center to the Auburn University Veterans Resource Center on Friday, November 13, 2015. The donation of […]
On Friday, November 13, 2015 at 11:00am, a plaque dedication will be held honoring the memory of Firefighter Eugene J. McCarey, L-36, who died of World Trade Center-related illness on November 13, 2014. The dedication will take place in the quarters of Engine 95, Ladder 36. E-95/L-36 29 Vermilyea Avenue New York, NY
The John Jay Center on Terrorism Friday seminar on Friday, November 13, 2015 at 3:00pm will feature Gary LaFree. His topic will be Black Swans and Burstiness: Countering Myths about Terrorism.The seminar will be held in New Building Room L2.84 of John Jay College. La Free is currently Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice and Director […]
Staten Island's first Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Walk will take place at Clove Lakes Park, from 1:00pm to 3:00pm on Saturday, November 14, 2015. Pancreatic cancer is a very underfunded and understudied cancer. For the last 40 years, there is has been no significant change in its survival rate -- an abysmal 3%-7%. Pancreatic cancer rates […]
Griggstown Farm in Princeton, NJ will hold a holiday pie sale to benefit the September 11th charity Heartworks. Pies must be ordered by Monday, November 9, 2015 and must be picked up in Basking Ridge between 1:00pm and 7:00pm on Monday, November 16, 2015. A variety of fruit pies and savoury potpies are available, with […]