Inspired by the P.O.W. bracelets of the 1970's, 9.11 bracelets honor the brave men who gave their lives rescuing others on September 11th, 2001. The money raised by the sale of these bracelets was donated to a charity selected by the firefighters. Kevin M. O'Rourke was one of the seven members of Rescue 2 in Brooklyn who lost their lives on September 11.

Inspired by the P.O.W. bracelets of the 1970's, 9.11 bracelets honor the brave men who gave their lives rescuing others on September 11th, 2001. The money raised by the sale of these bracelets was donated to a charity selected by the firefighters. John P. Napolitano was one of the seven members of Rescue 2 in Brooklyn who lost their lives on September 11.

Inspired by the P.O.W. bracelets of the 1970's, 9.11 bracelets honor the brave men who gave their lives rescuing others on September 11th, 2001. The money raised by the sale of these bracelets was donated to a charity selected by the firefighters.

Paul Wysocki, an attorney who worked on the 57th floor of 1 World Trade Center at the firm Sidley, Austin Brown and Wood, donated his business card, his identification badge and a pair of Ferragamo shoes that he wore during his escape from 1 WTC on the morning of 9/11/01.

Paul Wysocki, an attorney who worked on the 57th floor of 1 World Trade Center at the firm Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood, donated his business card, his identification badge and a pair of Ferragamo shoes that he wore during his escape from 1 WTC on the morning of 9/11/01.

Paul Wysocki, an attorney who worked on the 57th floor of of 1 World Trade Center at the firm Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood, dontated this identification badge, his business card and a pair of Ferragamo shoes that he wore during his escape from 1 WTC on the morning of 9/11/01.

Paul Wysocki, an attorney who worked on the 57th floor of 1 World Trade Center at the firm Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood, wore this pair of shoes during his escape on the morning of the September 11, 2001 attacks. He then walked to East 52nd Street, via the West Side Highway, to stay with a friend.

When he returned home, Wysocki threw the shoes in the trash because he did not want to keep things that reminded him of that day, recalling that many—particularly women wearing high heels—had taken off their shoes in order to move more quickly. His wife, Lisa Wysocki, retrieved them.

Singed papers and other bits of debris from the attacks on the World Trade Center floated across the East River and into Brooklyn on 9/11. Some of these papers landed near the studio of artists Doug and Mike Starn who felt compelled to gather them as art rather than disregard them as trash. Singed papers and other bits of debris from the attacks on the World Trade Center floated across the East River and into Brooklyn throughout the day and evening of September 11, 2001. Some landed near the Union Street studio of artists Doug and Mike Starn. The brothers and many who work with them in the studio witnessed the attacks and destruction of the buildings as they traveled into Brooklyn that morning and watched from the streets near the studio. They felt compelled to gather the papers that landed nearby so that they would not be treated as trash, but as objects that had once belonged to people. In a personal statement written just a few days after September 11, 2001, one of the brothers observed that, the "pieces of paper are part of the buildings that were such an embedded symbol of our adopted hometown." The brothers also felt compelled to help in some way, ultimately determining to incorporate the bits of paper into an ongoing body of work utilizing trees, leaves and photographic materials and processes. According to the artists, "the papers fell from the sky like leaves in the autumn, the leaves are the living heart and soul of trees all summer long... The leaves represent a creative life force and mortality- leaves die and are scattered in the wind, just like the leaves of paper. The mixed media works on paper are sensitive, compelling and artistically powerful responses to the horrific events of September 11th. One of the collages directly addresses the immense magnitude of the loss of life suffered by Cantor Fitzgerald, a relatively small company that arguably has become the most widely known of the many institutions damaged on September 11th. Another speaks to the universality of the loss in which all New Yorkers shared, because the singed paper at its center bears no corporate or individual identification. Both are thought provoking, visually arresting responses to the tragedy of September 11th that merit a place in the museum's permanent collections. The artists are identical twins whose work has been exhibited and accepted into the collections of numerous museums around the world. They studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston and have worked in many media, including paper, photography, film and sculpture.

A Birmingham, Alabama -based FBI Special Agent was inspired to donate this piece, which was recovered from the Fresh Kills Landfill, after seeing the television documentary "Relics From the Rubble" on the History Channel. This program discussed the New York Historical Society's collecting efforts in regard to the 9/11/01 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.

Part of a place setting used at Windows of the World, this cup was borrowed just days before the 9/11 attack by restraunteur David Emil for a small dinner that he and his wife, Jennifer Crichton gave at their Manhattan home.