9/11 Events in NYC on Sept. 11, 2018

Never forget.

Next Tuesday, New York City and the nation will pause in remembrance of the 17th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

Here is what you need to know if you are visiting Lower Manhattan to pay your respects.

9/11 World Trade Center Memorial and Museum

Starting at 5pm on Mon., Sept. 10, the Museum will be open only for the 9/11 community, which includes family members of both 9/11 and the 1993 WTC bombimg, 9/11 rescue and recovery workers, active duty first responders, 9/11 survivors, and Lower Manhattan business owners and residents.

• 9/11 community members can reserve free museum tickets here

On Tues., Sept. 11, the Museum and Memorial Plaza will be closed to the public for a private ceremony for 9/11 family members until 3pm.

Tribute in Light – At 3pm on Tues., Sept. 11, the plaza will open to the public and remain open till midnight, allowing visitors to view the Tribute in Light.

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Other NYC Events of Remembrance on 9/11

The 9/11 Tribute Museum – On Tuesday, Sept. 11, the 9/11 Tribute Museum will hold its 10th Annual National Day of Service & Remembrance at The Oculus. Volunteers, first responders and more than 500 employees from companies that were impacted by 9/11 will assemble bicycles for children of active duty soldiers and first responders.

• Donate $45 to sponsor a bike.

Down to the River: 9/11 Interfaith Ritual of Release and Remembrance – 9/11 falls on Rosh Hashonah, the Jewish New Year, which many observant Jews honor with a communal moment of “letting go” and “taking back up”.  This special interfaith observance adapts that traditional ritual of Tashlich, during which participants release the past into a body of living water, adding new songs, stories, and forward-looking intentions from all traditions.

• Gather at Judson Memorial Church, 55 Washington Square South, at 5pm, and march with mindfulness to the Hudson River at the Christopher St. Pier for a sunset ceremony.  FREE, but registration is encouraged to manage the group.
• Sponsored jointly by Lab/Shul and Judson Memorial Church

Transformed Overnight: The Impact of 9/11 – Seventeen years after the 9/11 attacks, reflect on how NYC and the world have changed through the eyes of three cultural creators: poet Tina Chang; 9/11 Memorial Museum Executive Vice President and Deputy Director of Museum Programs Clifford Chanin; and journalist Pat Kiernan.

• FREE at the Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont St. in Brooklyn Heights at 7pm.  Registration is recommended to ensure space.

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