National 9/11 Memorial Museum
180 Greenwich Street | also 185 Greenwich Street | Financial District | built 2009
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- 2001
Two hijacked planes strike the Twin Towers that stood on this World Trade Center site
At 8:46 a.m. American Airlines Flight 11 hit the North Tower, and at 9:03 a.m. United Airlines Flight 175 hit the South Tower. Within an hour and forty-two minutes both towers had fallen, and the other five buildings of the complex were destroyed with them. The attacks killed 2,977 people, including 343 firefighters and 72 law enforcement officers.
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- 2002
The Last Column, final piece of steel to leave Ground Zero, is removed from the site
The Last Column was the final piece of steel removed from Ground Zero, in May 2002. It is now among the Twin Towers steel shown in the underground museum at 180 Greenwich Street, which opened in 2014.
“…the Last Column, the last piece of steel to leave Ground Zero in May 2002…”
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- 2008
The Survivors' Staircase is lowered to bedrock, the museum's first artifact
The Survivors' Staircase was lowered to bedrock in July 2008, the first artifact to be placed in the planned museum. The footings and foundations were finished by the end of that August, and on September 2 workers raised the memorial's first column, which weighed 7,700 pounds, near the North Tower's footprint.
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- 2014
The remains of 1,115 unidentified victims move into a repository inside the museum
On May 10, 2014, in a ceremony held early in the morning, the remains of 1,115 victims who had never been identified were carried from the city medical examiner's office to Ground Zero. They were placed in a repository in the bedrock 70 feet below ground, as part of the museum. Families were divided, and FDNY Lt. James McCaffrey called a ground-level tomb a more dignified location.
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- 2014
The 9/11 Museum opens to the public after a dedication attended by President Obama
The museum was dedicated on May 15, 2014, with President Barack Obama and former mayors David Dinkins, Rudy Giuliani and Michael Bloomberg among those present, and LaChanze sang Amazing Grace. More than 42,000 first responders and victims' relatives visited in the five days before it opened to the public on May 21. At that opening, a group of 24 police officers and firefighters unfurled the national 9/11 flag, 30 feet long, which had been restored.
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- 2014
The museum gift shop pulls a U.S.-shaped cheese platter after families object to souvenirs
Some people were angry that the museum was profiting from souvenirs they considered in poor taste, a complaint widely covered after it opened to families and first responders on May 15, 2014. Souvenir proceeds were meant to fund the museum and memorial. On May 29 a U.S.-shaped cheese platter was among the items removed from sale, and the museum said victims' families would review everything it sold.
“On May 29, 2014, a U.S.-shaped cheese platter was among items removed for sale…”
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Further reading
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