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.
Mike’s Fight, a fundraiser for retired FDNY fireman Mike Leamy, will be held on Sunday, April 10, 2016, from 12:00pm to 5:00pm, at the Plattduetsche Park Biergarten in Franklin Square. Tickets cost $20.00 for adults and children’s tickets are free. Ticket fee includes live music, food and children’s activities. There will also be raffles and […]
The funeral for retired Lieutenant William Pesek, formerly of Ladder 27 and Ladder 165, will be held on Monday, April 11, 2016, at 10:45am at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Massapequa. Our Lady of Lourdes Church 855 Carmans Road Massapequa, NY
The fifteenth annual Tribeca Film Festival runs from Wednesday, April 13, 2016 through Sunday, April 24, 2016. The festival began shortly after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Tribeca residents Robert DeNiro and Jane Rosenthal started it to bring people back downtown. Now it is one of the foremost film festivals. Tickets can be […]
Charles. S. Hirsch, who served as Chief Medical Examiner for NYC’s OCME during the time of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, died on April 8, 2016. He was 79. His promise to the families that the OCME will never stop trying to identify all those murdered in the attacks continues to be […]
Boston’s Old South Church, now often known as the Church of the Finish Line for its proximity to the site of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, will hold an interfaith Service of Resiliency on Friday, April 15, 2016 at 2:30pm. All are welcome. Old South Church is about 100 feet from the Marathon’s finish line. […]
Please join the people of Massachusetts in a moment of silence at 2:49pm EST for all those affected by the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings on the anniversary of the attack. 2:49pm is the time that the first bomb exploded at the finish line.