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Throwback Memories The 9/11 Memorial honors the memory of the 2,983 lives lost in the tragic attacks of September 11, 2001, and February 26, 1993.

The 9/11 Memorial & Museum honors 2,983 victims, featuring twin reflecting pools, artifacts, and stories of loss, resilience, and remembrance from the 1993 and 2001 attacks. Designed by Michael Arad and Peter Walker, it features two vast reflecting pools set within the footprints of the original Twin Towers, surrounded by a serene plaza of trees. The 9/11 Memorial Museum preserves powerful artifac

ts from the day while sharing deeply personal stories of loss, resilience, compassion, and recovery—narratives that convey both the impact of the attacks and the enduring strength of those affected.

MANHATTAN, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - 1998/05/01: A passenger ferry sails through New York Harbor offering panoramic view...
09/30/2025

MANHATTAN, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - 1998/05/01:
A passenger ferry sails through New York Harbor offering panoramic views of the Lower Manhattan skyline with the Twin Towers seen in the distance..
(Photo by Ben Davies/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Punjab, India native Prem Jerath came to the United States in 1970. He and his family lived in NJ. They often opened the...
09/30/2025

Punjab, India native Prem Jerath came to the United States in 1970. He and his family lived in NJ. They often opened their home to welcome visitors from India and host barbecues. A Port Authority engineer and manager, on 9/11, Prem was at work on the North Tower’s 82nd floor. Today on his 81st birthday a white rose was placed at his name on the 9/11 Memorial.

FDNY hero RICHARD BRUCE VAN HINE!AN AVID OUTDOORSMANRichard Bruce Van Hine, known to all as Bruce, had been a firefighte...
09/30/2025

FDNY hero RICHARD BRUCE VAN HINE!
AN AVID OUTDOORSMAN
Richard Bruce Van Hine, known to all as Bruce, had been a firefighter for 12 years, most recently with Squad 41 in the South Bronx. The father of Meghan, 14, and Emily, 17, he was one of six men lost from the squad on Sept. 11.
Firefighter Van Hine, 48, had always wanted to be a firefighter, said Ann, his wife of 21 years.
"He was on the list to be a firefighter for seven years," she said. "I am a firm believer in following your dreams, so I encouraged him." But Firefighter Van Hine also loved the outdoors. Even though he took only day hikes, he had completed the New Jersey, New York and Connecticut legs of the Appalachian Trail.
A prized memory, Mrs. Van Hine said, was of a five-week camping trip the family took four years ago that included the Badlands of South Dakota, the Grand Tetons, Yellowstone National Park and the Rocky Mountains.
Profile published in THE NEW YORK TIMES on December 31, 2001.

In Memory of Melissa Cándida DoiMelissa Cándida Doi was 32 years old and from Throgs Neck, New York. (Born: Bronx, New Y...
09/30/2025

In Memory of Melissa Cándida Doi
Melissa Cándida Doi was 32 years old and from Throgs Neck, New York. (Born: Bronx, New York). Melissa worked as a manager at IQ Financial Systems on the 83rd floor in the South Tower of the World Trade Center.
When the first plane struck the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, Melissa was in a state of confusion. Originally, Melissa and her coworkers thought that it was a bomb that had gone off. After making their way down several flights of stairs, Melissa and her coworkers were told it was safe to go back up.
On the 44th floor the elevator opened and it was full and the only person to get on was Melissa. Melissa made her way back up the tower, not knowing the dangers she faced in doing so.
At 9.03am United Airlines Flight 175 crashed into the southern facade of South Tower of the World Trade Center, impacting between the 77th and 85th floors.
On that tragic morning, Melissa made a desperate 9-1-1 phone call from the 83rd floor of the South Tower. In it she is heard saying to the operator, "The floor is completely engulfed. We're on the floor, and we can't breathe, and it's very, very, very hot." Later Melissa says, "Can you stay on the line with me please? I feel like I'm dying."
The full call is 31 minutes long. After the first 4 minutes the operator can be heard as she tries to console Melissa, who apparently died while on the phone.
Her remains were found 3 years later.
Posted 17th June 2011 by Julie Morgan

Kenneth Marino, 40, of Monroe, grew up in Oceanside. He was a firefighter with Rescue One and was last seen entering the...
09/30/2025

Kenneth Marino, 40, of Monroe, grew up in Oceanside. He was a firefighter with Rescue One and was last seen entering the north tower. His remains were never found.
It is a reminder, if a painful one, of her husband's life. And she is glad to have it.
Katrina Marino has kept the damaged helmet her husband wore into the north tower on 9/11. "It's nice to have that," she said. "It's nice to have that special object, something tangible that I can see and hold."
He put on that helmet and responded to the World Trade Center less than one hour after his wife and their children, Kristin, 3 and Tyler, 1, had paid him a surprise visit at his Manhattan firehouse. He sat the kids on one of the trucks, held Kristin in his lap. And then they were gone.
It had been the perfect visit, Marino recalled in the days after Sept. 11.
A decade later, she lives in her hometown of Bradford, Mass., but often visits her husband's parents, Pat and Mary Ann Marino, at their Oceanside home.
"When we spend time with the children we feel that we're doing what he would want us to do," Mary Ann Marino said.
Two annual scholarships are awarded in memory of Marino, a track star at Oceanside High School: his family awards the Kenneth J. Marino Memorial Track Scholarship and the Oceanside Volunteer Fire Department awards to the sons or daughters of firefighters. Marino had served in the Oceanside and Long Beach volunteer fire departments before joining the FDNY.
Katrina Marino, who met her husband when she was working as a flight attendant, said she has not remarried and still struggles to cope without him.
"The first five years I think I did better than the second five years," she said. Her daughter rarely talks about her father, she said, but often worries that something could happen to her mother.
"Tyler will say he misses dad and wishes he had a father," she said. "That's the biggest thing. The absence of their father and the memories they would have had and he would have had with them."
New York Newsday, 2011

'HE'LL ALWAYS BE OUR HERO'Norma Jean Margiotta was 13 and and an eighth-grader at St. Rita's School in Meiers Corners on...
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'HE'LL ALWAYS BE OUR HERO'
Norma Jean Margiotta was 13 and and an eighth-grader at St. Rita's School in Meiers Corners on 9/11. Her younger brother, Charles, was 11 and a sixth-grader at St. Rita's.
They were both beginning their school day, and their mom, Norma, was beginning her day as a paraprofessional at Susan Wagner High School, when the first plane hit the Twin Towers. The schools were placed on lock-down, and teachers tried to keep students calm.
But Norma Jean said that somehow she knew her dad, FDNY Lt. Charles Margiotta, was there at the site, helping people. "He loved being a firefighter. He loved helping people; it was what he did," she said.
She remembers feeling "so many emotions" when her father was declared missing. Later, there were moments of anger that her dad had been taken from her.
"I do remember being angry because he wasn't around to walk me down the aisle at my wedding," said Norma Jean, who is married to NYPD Officer Robert Adams, and works as a public school teacher at PS 97, Brooklyn. The couple lives in Westerleigh.
"We have so many memories of him. He always lived life to the fullest, and never gave up. He did everything with us. He was the biggest tough guy, but he was really a real Teddy bear," Norma Jean said of her dad.
She added that the family has "come a long way" since 9/11 "We're in a good place now."
She said the family plans to attend the 9/11 Postcards Memorial ceremony in St. George, and keep the day low-key. "We know our dad went down a hero," she said. "He'll always be our hero.

I Am The Daughter Of A Fallen Police Officer“A hero is someone who has given his life to something bigger than oneself.”...
09/30/2025

I Am The Daughter Of A Fallen Police Officer
“A hero is someone who has given his life to something bigger than oneself.”
When I was a little girl, I was so happy and proud to say that my Daddy was a police officer. I never really understood what his job really entailed besides keeping people on the streets of New York City safe. My dad never really spoke to me about what he would do when he was at work besides the fact that he “got the bad guys.”
It wasn’t until September 11th, 2001 when I finally understood what being a police officer meant. Although I was still young, I fully understood what was going on. From that day on, I knew my father was my hero. My dad, along with many other police officers, fire fighters, and other responders put their lives in danger to keep us safe. So many people that day lost their lives trying to or succeeding in saving other peoples lives before their own. To me, that is a hero. I will always remember the sacrifice’s so many men and woman that day made to save the lives of many. We should never forget what heroic acts were made on that day.
I am going to fast forward now to 2014, I thought that I was one of the lucky ones, although I lost family in the World Trade Center, I felt as though guardian angel’s were looking over my Daddy because he came home safe. I was wrong.
It was not until too late that my family and I found out that because of my Dad’s heroic acts on September 11th, 2001 and staying down at Ground Zero while fulfilling his duties as a first responder that he had Pancreatic Cancer. My dad lost his life just ten short months after.
I am the daughter of a fallen police officer. With that being said, I am very protective when is comes to our family in Blue. I understand the heart ace that families undergo when they are told their family member has lost their lives in the line of duty. I hurt for every fallen officer. I get angry when I hear someone talking poorly about police officers as a whole. I get defensive when I see officers being mistreated. I get happy when I hear of a successful takedown. I feel proud when I hear that a police officer that was wounded has fully recovered.
It is 2016 and in the past few years, the hatred of police officers has drastically increased. Videos clips of incidents that have happened are being portrayed as evil, people are shooting officers for no reason, people are taunting officers in public settings but the most hurtful one of all is when I go on social media and see “all cops deserve to die”.
All cops do NOT deserve to die, in fact, none of them do. Police officer’s jobs are not easy. They are here to keep us safe. Whether that means chasseing someone who is armed with the risk of being killed, investigating a r**e or a homicide, responding to a domestic violence call, putting his or her lives at risk for a drug bust or a gang issue, even responding to terrorist attacks. Police officers respond to calls not knowing if they will come out of it alive.
People tend to forget that police officers are going to be the ones they call when they are in trouble or in need. People will go with the flow saying they hate the police but when in need will be the first to call them.
Put yourself in my shoes. I am the daughter of a hero who put his life on the line to protect us. I have one less seat at the dinner table, I have no one to go on daddy-daughter dates with, I have no one to walk me down the aisle when I get married, my sister will not have someone see her graduate high school or dance with at her sweet sixteen, my brother doesn’t have his g- to man for advice anymore or his role model to follow. Our children will never have a grandfather but worst of all, my mom lost her best friend and her soul mate. To you, I understand this officer in blue is just an officer, but contrary to your belief, he or she goes home to a family every night.
I am the daughter of a fallen police officer. I know what it is like to hear roll call being called at ceremonies where there is no one there to answer. I know what it’s like to be saluted by a sea of blue thanking my family for my Dad’s service. I know what it is like to see his name on a wall because he is a hero. I know what it is like to hear Taps being played and Amazing Grace on the bagpipes followed by gun salutes to honor the fallen.
I am the daughter of a fallen police officer and I am sick and tired of hearing negative connotations about police officers. Hug your hero’s tight and never let them go. Thank a police officer this week, and don't forget to say a prayer for all those who risk their lives for our safety every day.
Thank you NYPD, ❤
By: Faith Fishkin

A Tribute To Palmina Delli Gatti who died on 9/11/01.World Trade Center Keeper of Helpful Secrets Palmina Delli Gatti kn...
09/30/2025

A Tribute To Palmina Delli Gatti who died on 9/11/01.
World Trade Center
Keeper of Helpful Secrets
Palmina Delli Gatti knew things. The secret of homemade pie crusts, for instance, and of a good thick pasta sauce. She knew. She knew the powerful people in the World Trade Center by their first names. When she traveled, she often went alone. They knew her in Paris, London, Rome.
"If there was a famous person in the room, there she was up there rubbing elbows with him," said her sister, Maria Fortuna.
Ms. Delli Gatti, 33, knew numbers. She was an accountant with Marsh & McLennan and lived with her father in Long Island City, Queens. In the evenings, she attended classes in pursuit of a master's degree in business administration, her sister said.
She never married, but hoped for a life mate. It just seemed that the career took possession of Ms. Delli Gatti's youthful years, her sister said. She liked fine things: jewelry from Fifth Avenue; good seats at Yankees games. "She was not afraid to walk through the door of life," Mrs. Fortuna said. "She knew what she wanted, and almost always she got it."
Profile published in THE NEW YORK TIMES on December 23, 2001.

Once a BROTHER, always a BROTHER!👩‍🚒🚒🇺🇲Lots of people know he's an actor, and that his name is Steve Buscemi. In 1976 St...
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Once a BROTHER, always a BROTHER!👩‍🚒🚒🇺🇲
Lots of people know he's an actor, and that his name is Steve Buscemi.
In 1976 Steve Buscemi took the FDNY civil service test when he was just 18 years old. In 1980 Steve Buscemi became a New York City Firefighter.
For four years, Buscemi served on one of FDNY's busiest, Engine Co. 55 in Manhattan's Little Italy.
He later left the fire service to become a successful actor, writer and director.
After 9/11/2001... Brother Buscemi returned to Engine 55.
On September 12, 2001 and for several days following Brother Steve worked 12-hour shifts alongside other firefighters digging and sifting through the rubble from the World Trade Center looking for survivors.
Very few photographs and no interviews exist because he declined them.
He wasn't there for the publicity. In 2003 he also gave a speech at a union rally supporting higher wages for firefighters and to stop fire houses from closing.
He got arrested along with other firefighters.
Also not very well known is that in 2012 Brother Buscemi showed up in Breezy Point, NY and quietly assisted in the clean-up efforts of the damage and mass destruction left by Super Storm Sandy.
"Steve Buscemi also serves on the board of Friends of Firefighters and was working with us in the field during Sandy.
He's a big supporter and good friend who has never forgotten where he came from."
- Friends of Firefighters Executive Director Nancy A Carbone

A Tribute To David Michael Barkway who died on 9/11/01.World Trade Center Engaged on a Ski Slope He was a rising star in...
09/30/2025

A Tribute To David Michael Barkway who died on 9/11/01.
World Trade Center
Engaged on a Ski Slope
He was a rising star in the Toronto financial world, but David Barkway, a managing director of BMO Nesbitt Burns, the Bank of Montreal's investment firm, was not all business. He was known on Bay Street in Toronto for his determination to improve his golf game, his ci**rs and his practical jokes. Colleagues would return from lunch to find a flashing message on their computer screen that was impossible to delete. He became engaged in 1996 on a ski slope, presenting a diamond ring to Cindy McLennan after they had both taken a spill in the snow.
Mrs. Barkway, who is pregnant with the couple's second child, accompanied her husband on his final business trip to New York and was on her way to SoHo when the World Trade Center was attacked. Mr. Barkway, 34, had an appointment at Cantor Fitzgerald.
If the baby is a girl, Mrs. Barkway said, she will have to name her Zoe. "That's the name my husband wanted," she said, "I wasn't that keen on it, but he's going to get his way."
In Greek, she recently learned, Zoe means "life."
Profile published in THE NEW YORK TIMES on October 26, 2001.

A lifelong New Yorker, Danielle Delie lived in Manhattan. She was a fan of the "New York Times" crossword puzzle and all...
09/30/2025

A lifelong New Yorker, Danielle Delie lived in Manhattan. She was a fan of the "New York Times" crossword puzzle and all things French. A connoisseur of fine food, wine, and fashion, she traveled to France and the French West Indies on vacation. On 9/11, Delie was on the North Tower’s 101st floor, where she worked as a Marsh & McLennan vice president. She was 47 years old

Growing up in Brooklyn, Sanford Stoller played pinball, handball, and paddleball and was known as "the Mongoose" for his...
09/30/2025

Growing up in Brooklyn, Sanford Stoller played pinball, handball, and paddleball and was known as "the Mongoose" for his speed. He retained the nickname as an adult living in West Brighton Beach with his wife, Trudy, and their two sons. Stoller worked as a systems analyst at Accenture. On 9/11, he was on assignment at Marsh & McLennan high in the North Tower. Stoller was 54 years old.

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