Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani today launched Memory Markers: 9/11, a citywide digital tribute using LinkNYC kiosks to share dozens of geolocated stories of New Yorkers who came together to aid in the rescue and recovery efforts following the horrific terror attacks of September 11, 2001.
The project turns the City's streets into a walking tribute to the heroism, sacrifice and selflessness that defined New York in the days, weeks and months after the attacks - from a warehouse in Midtown to a lobby on Worth Street and on a ferry crossing the harbor.
A map of the Memory Markers is available at on.nyc.gov/25years, along with additional stories and profiles honoring both the heroes we lost and the heroes who remain.
"In the days, weeks and months after the horrific terror attacks of September 11, 2001, New Yorkers came together in ways big and small to help our city recover," said Mayor Mamdani. "A sanitation worker sang for first responders resting after a long day at Ground Zero. Environmental workers cleaned rooftops and building facades, block by block. More than 1,000 taxi drivers gave rescue workers free rides home, day after day. These acts of service and sacrifice are part of the story of 9/11, too. We recovered together then, and we will remember together now - by telling the stories of the everyday heroes we lost, honoring the heroes who remain and recognizing that 9/11 was a day that never ended, with consequences that continue to shape us today."
