On September 11, 2001, Bill Barton was 70 years old and had served in the military as a firefighter, police chaplain, and disaster chaplain with the American Red Cross. He…

Artist and former FDNY Captain Brenda Berkman was off-duty on September 11th, but responded and arrived at the scene of the attacks just as the North Tower collapsed. She spent…

Filmmaker and advocate Bridget Gormley discusses with the 9/11 Memorial & Museum her father, Billy Gormley, who worked the rescue and recovery effort at Ground Zero who died in 2017…

EMT Elizabeth Cascio responded to both the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and the 9/11 attacks. She is also a cancer survivor and below are a compilation of her responses…

Read a compilation of responses from Department of Corrections worker Rich Palmer who assisted the NYPD with directing people evacuating: “On 9/11, I was assigned to 60 Hudson Street, which…

One man made a huge difference in guiding people to safety in the South Tower on 9/11. When the tower was hit, people on the 78th floor sky lobby huddled…

Read a partial transcript from Harry Ong Jr., brother of Betty Ong, who was a flight attendant aboard hijacked Flight 11. He describes his family’s reaction to learning about the…

Read a partial transcript from Arlington County Fire Department Captain Robert Gray, who led the department’s Technical Rescue Team in searching for survivors and recovering victims at the Pentagon, describes…

Read a partial transcript from firefighter Adrienne Walsh, who responded to the World Trade Center when he was off duty on the morning of 9/11. He responded with the second…

Each individual experiences and expresses grief differently. The process of grieving in response to a significant loss requires time, patience, courage, and support. While everyone grieves differently, here are a…