SEPTEMBER 11
BEARING WITNESS TO HISTORY

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"...We have convinced her that these shoes would be welcome here at the museum... "
David Shayt

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"...when September 11 happened she knew what she had to do to create this book."
Helena Wright
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"Collecting for September 11 has probably been the most important thing I've done..."
Michelle Delaney





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This copy of Soldiers magazine, dated September 2001, was recovered from the wreckage of the...
FDNY Battalion Chief Joseph Pfeifer wore this clothing and bunker gear on September 11. ...
These two T-shirts are examples of commemorative clothing sold on the streets of New York directly after...
This collection of steel from the World Trade Center includes a heavily damaged column assembly from...