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From the Collection: Necklace belonging to Brooklyn native Lisa Caren Ehrlich.Ehrlich lived in the Midwood neighborhood ...
08/29/2025

From the Collection: Necklace belonging to Brooklyn native Lisa Caren Ehrlich.

Ehrlich lived in the Midwood neighborhood with her husband, Jonathan, and her two sons. She enjoyed bowling and played on the company team at Aon Corporation, where she worked as a relationship manager. On 9/11, Ehrlich was in her office on the 105th floor of the South Tower. She was 36 years old.

Peter Regan was one of four grown children of Donald and Theresa Regan. On 9/11, his father—a veteran member of the FDNY...
08/29/2025

Peter Regan was one of four grown children of Donald and Theresa Regan. On 9/11, his father—a veteran member of the FDNY—responded to the North Tower with his Bronx-based unit, Rescue Company 3. At the time, Regan was a United States Marine stationed at Camp Pendleton in California. When he learned about the attacks on the World Trade Center, he returned to New York to join the recovery efforts at Ground Zero and to search for his missing father. “If the roles were reversed, I know he would do the same thing. I just want something of his. I would prefer to bring something back,” he told photographer Joe McNally.

Regan went on to serve two tours in Iraq during the War on Terrorism and later joined FDNY Ladder 174, the same firehouse where his father had worked for many years. This life-sized Polaroid photograph is currently on view at the 911Museum as part of the “Faces of Ground Zero: Photographs by Joe McNally” exhibition.

Troy Edward Nilsen, 33 years old, North Tower 103rd floorTroy Edward Nilsen was born on March 2, 1968 and lived in Port ...
08/29/2025

Troy Edward Nilsen, 33 years old, North Tower 103rd floor

Troy Edward Nilsen was born on March 2, 1968 and lived in Port Richmond, Staten Island, NY. He had a sister, Chandelle. He attended and graduated from the College of Staten Island with an Associate’s degree in Applied Science. Troy met his sweetheart, Jennifer Nilsen, in 1988 when their best friends set them up with each other. They fell quickly in love and were married in October of 1997. Troy and Jennifer had two sons together, Scott, age 5, and Ryan, age 3 (at the time of Troy’s passing). Troy’s oldest son, Scott, was diagnosed with autism, and Troy was very caring with him, putting him to bed every night, teaching him numbers, the alphabet, and how to swim, and going down slides with him at the park. Troy enjoyed taking his younger son, Ryan, to his weekly gymnastics class and participating in the “Daddy and Me” program at the YMCA. Whenever Troy came home from work, the boys would race to be the first to open the door, and the boy who lost would typically end up crying because they wanted to be first. Troy would greet the first one, then go back out and re-enter so the other one could be first, and it cheered them up every time. Troy loved the outdoors and enjoyed riding his bike through the park, swimming in the pool, and growing cucumbers and tomatoes in his backyard. Remembering her husband, Jennifer said, “He had a great sense of humor,. He was always teasing and breaking people’s chops, but he would give you the shirt off his back. He would always go the extra yard to help them out.” Troy was described by his friends and family as loving, caring, devoted, and energetic.

Towards the end of the 1800s, a lot of Victorian women would often grow their hair out.Long hair during the Victorian er...
08/29/2025

Towards the end of the 1800s, a lot of Victorian women would often grow their hair out.

Long hair during the Victorian era was more than a beauty ideal—it was a powerful symbol of a woman’s virtue, femininity, and social standing. Women were encouraged to grow their hair as long as possible, often reaching waist, knee, or even floor length.

This was considered a sign of purity and discipline, as maintaining such hair required daily brushing, washing with special tonics, and careful styling. Hair was typically worn up in public to reflect modesty and refinement, while letting it down was reserved for private, intimate settings.

For wealthier women, long hair also displayed leisure and status, since they had the time and help needed to care for it. In contrast, working-class women sometimes cut or sold their hair to make ends meet, as hairpieces made from real hair were in high demand.

Candace Lee Williams, 20 years old, Flight 11Candace Lee Williams was born on March 5, 1981 in Danbury, CT. She had a yo...
08/29/2025

Candace Lee Williams, 20 years old, Flight 11

Candace Lee Williams was born on March 5, 1981 in Danbury, CT. She had a younger brother, Corey. She lived in Boston, MA. Candace attended and graduated from Immaculate High School in 1999 and was a co-op student at Northeastern University in Boston, where she majored in Business Administration and was a Dean’s List student. She wanted to be a stockbroker. In her sophomore year of college, from January to June of 2001, Candace worked as an intern for Merrill Lynch on the 14th floor of the World Trade Center’s North Tower in New York City as part of her co-op program. At the end of her program in June, Merrill Lynch wrote a letter to Northeastern University saying, “Please send five more like Candace.” On her last day of work, the company took her out to dinner and sent her home in a limousine. Candace was described by her friends and family as special, witty, happy, and sweet.

On the morning of September 11, 2001, Candace boarded American Airlines Flight 11 to Los Angeles. She was traveling for a vacation to Hollywood to meet up with her roommate at her roommate’s home in California. They had rented a convertible for the trip, and Candace was especially looking forward to getting her picture taken by the Hollywood sign. Before boarding her flight, Candace mailed a letter to her little brother, Corey, wishing him a happy upcoming 10th birthday on September 16th and telling him she was proud of him, sorry she couldn’t be there for his birthday, and looking forward to future birthday celebrations with him. Sadly, Candace never arrived to Los Angeles as Flight 11 was the first plane to be targeted and hijacked on September 11th, ultimately crashing into the World Trade Center’s North Tower and claiming the lives of everyone on board, including Candace. Though her life was unfairly cut short on September 11th, Candace’s vibrant spirit lives on forever in the special memories she made while she was here and the beautiful legacy she leaves behind. She will never be forgotten.

In 2003, Aron Ralston became trapped in a remote slot canyon in Utah when an 800-pound boulder shifted and pinned his ri...
08/29/2025

In 2003, Aron Ralston became trapped in a remote slot canyon in Utah when an 800-pound boulder shifted and pinned his right hand to the canyon wall. Alone, with no cell service and little food or water, he spent five days trying to free himself, rationing sips of water and even carving his name and the date of death he expected into the rock.

Facing certain death, Ralston made the unthinkable decision: he broke the bones in his arm and amputated it with a dull multi-tool. Severely weakened but alive, he rappelled down a 65-foot drop and hiked several miles before encountering a family who alerted rescuers. The ordeal became a famous survival story, later inspiring the book Between a Rock and a Hard Place and the film 127 Hours.

Disney’s Most Chaotic Premiere Ever.In 1940, Walt Disney pulled out all the stops for the New York premiere of Pinocchio...
08/29/2025

Disney’s Most Chaotic Premiere Ever.

In 1940, Walt Disney pulled out all the stops for the New York premiere of Pinocchio and things quickly went off script. To liven up the event, Disney hired eleven little people to dress as Pinocchio and wave from the theater’s marquee. It was supposed to be a whimsical spectacle, but the costumes proved too hot, tempers frayed, and chaos followed.

By midday, the performers had reportedly shed their costumes, gotten drunk, and began cursing and stomping around on the marquee. At that point, police were summoned to restore order and es**rt the party off the roof.

This moment of runaway theatricality stands out as one of the most bizarre promotional stunts in Hollywood history

In January 2022, hundreds of villagers and forest officials gathered in India’s Pench Tiger Reserve to bid farewell to o...
08/29/2025

In January 2022, hundreds of villagers and forest officials gathered in India’s Pench Tiger Reserve to bid farewell to one of the country’s most famous tigresses, Collarwali, whose name means “the one with a collar.” Fitted with a radio collar by wildlife researchers in 2008, she became a symbol of successful tiger conservation, allowing scientists to track her movements and understand how big cats adapt in protected areas.

Over her 16-year lifespan, Collarwali gave birth to an extraordinary 29 cubs across 8 litters, making her one of the most prolific known breeding tigresses in the wild. Many of her offspring went on to disperse into surrounding forests, helping to repopulate tiger habitats across central India.

When she died of natural causes, officials honored her with a traditional Hindu-style cremation covered in marigolds and sandalwood. The ceremony reflected the deep respect locals and wildlife staff felt for the “Queen of Pench,” whose legacy continues to shape India’s tiger story.

On March 1, 1982, the Soviet spacecraft Venera 13 landed on the fiery surface of Venus and sent back the clearest images...
08/29/2025

On March 1, 1982, the Soviet spacecraft Venera 13 landed on the fiery surface of Venus and sent back the clearest images we’ve ever received from that hellish world. In about 127 minutes, it captured panoramas revealing cracked rocks and a mustard-yellow sky before succumbing to crushing pressure and staggering heat of around 457°C (855°F).

These images remain humanity’s only direct glimpse of Venus’s surface.

In the 1970s and early 1980s, McDonald’s menus like the one pictured became an iconic part of the “Brown Menu Board” era...
08/29/2025

In the 1970s and early 1980s, McDonald’s menus like the one pictured became an iconic part of the “Brown Menu Board” era, a time when prices were shockingly low by today’s standards, Big Macs under a dollar, coffee for just 10 cents, and hotcakes with sausage for a buck. These boards were simple, functional, and consistent across the chain, designed to be instantly recognizable from the driver’s seat.

Fun fact: in 1973, McDonald’s ran a national promotion offering breakfast items like the Egg McMuffin for under a dollar to introduce the idea of “fast food mornings” to America. Another quirky detail, some stores in the late ’70s briefly offered root beer floats and even pizza, all displayed right on boards like this before disappearing from the menu entirely.

Ball, a commercial artist from Worcester, Massachusetts, created one of the most recognizable images in history, the sim...
08/29/2025

Ball, a commercial artist from Worcester, Massachusetts, created one of the most recognizable images in history, the simple yellow smiley face. In 1963, an insurance company asked him to design something that would help improve employee morale after a merger that had left workers uneasy. Ball sketched a bright yellow circle, added two oval eyes, and a wide upturned smile. It took him less than ten minutes, and he was paid just $45 for his work.

What he couldn’t have predicted was the cultural phenomenon that followed. By the 1970s, the smiley face appeared everywhere, on buttons, posters, stickers, and eventually across global advertising campaigns. It became a universal symbol of optimism and goodwill. Despite its massive popularity, Ball never trademarked the design, meaning he never profited from the billions of reproductions. Instead, he embraced its spirit, later founding “World Smile Day” to spread kindness and positivity worldwide.

In 1958, rock and roll star Jerry Lee Lewis shocked the world when it was revealed that he had secretly married his 13-y...
08/29/2025

In 1958, rock and roll star Jerry Lee Lewis shocked the world when it was revealed that he had secretly married his 13-year-old cousin, Myra Gale Brown, while still legally married to his second wife. At just 22 years old, Lewis was at the height of his career, enjoying fame from hits like Great Balls of Fire and Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On. But when news of the marriage broke during a tour in England, it caused an international scandal. Concerts were canceled, his tour collapsed, and he was blacklisted from radio stations.

The controversy nearly destroyed his career overnight, and it took more than a decade for Lewis to regain a measure of success. Though the marriage lasted over a decade, it cast a long shadow over his public image.

Over the course of his life, Lewis would go on to marry seven times, a turbulent personal history that only fueled his reputation as one of rock and roll’s most controversial figures.

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