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9/11 Memory: Keeping alive a family's history

The oldest of Joseph Paolillo's three sons was 3 ½ and the other two were not yet born when his brother, John, was killed in the north tower on Sept. 11.

But Paolillo, of Glen Head, said all three, Martin, 15, John -- named for his uncle -- 12, and Raymond, 10, have grown up hearing about their uncle so much they feel as though they know him. More.

9/11 Memorial No Longer Requires Passes

The 9/11 memorial, more formally known as The National September 11 Memorial, no longer requires passes in order to gain admittance. The memorial is completely open to the public, with no more lines or reservations needing to be made.

A Moment of 'Amazing Grace' at 9/11 Museum Dedication

Tony Award-winning actress LaChanze Sapp-Gooding, who was called in at the last minute to perform, had a very personal connection to 9/11. More.

9/11 Museum Set to Open More Than 12 Years After Fateful Attack

The video footage of the moment the second plane hits the World Trade Center can still shock, even though we've seen it so many times.

And here, below the surface of the World Trade Center, the memory of Sept. 11, 2001, lives on. Vividly. Painfully. More.

Visitors’ Voices Gathered at Sept. 11 Memorial Museum

Tucked inside the National September 11 Memorial Museum is a video recording booth. Here, the museum, which opens next week, hopes to gather the voices of visitors, reflecting on how the terrorist attacks affected their lives, and how the world has changed since that day.

9/11 museum met with mixed feelings

At 7am on Saturday morning, May 10, I watched one of the tiniest, quietest, least gregarious and yet most poignant processions I've ever seen, at Ground Zero, New York.

Police motorcycle outriders guided a trio of vehicles each containing one of three caskets. More.

The 9/11 Story Told at Bedrock, Powerful as a Punch to the Gut

After a decade marked by deep grief, partisan rancor, war, financial boondoggles and inundation from Hurricane Sandy, the National September 11 Memorial Museum at ground zero is finally opening ceremonially on Thursday, with President Obama present, and officially to the public next Wednesday.

A Cultural Reverie on the New 9-11 Memorial Museum

9-11 doesn't need a year date, 2001. 9-11 is one of those dates -- at least in the American mind -- that lives in a category named "inconceivable." It's a date when the twin towers of American mythology -- invincibility and transparency -- came crashing down.

We are now more than a dozen years in front of that day, but 9-11 is still with us: perhaps a bit submerged in our consciousness, but no less potent than it was on that beautiful NYC morning.