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Taoiseach Bertie Ahern Visits Tribute on March 14Th, Mayor Bloomberg Welcomed Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, Prime Minister of Ireland, to the Tribute Center September 11 th Families' Tribute Association WE REMEMBER Volume 6, Issue 1 April 2007 WTC Family th st House Relocated America’s Camp - Make Our 6 Your 1 America’s Camp is now enrolling boys and girls, tremendous confidence and a sense of The Family House at the World Trade Center ages 7-15, for its sixth summer in the beautiful independence being away. Most of all, he has so site has served the families and relatives Berkshire Mountains of western Massachusetts. much fun. He talks about camp all the time and even since the summer of 2002. The House was This week-long, sleep-away camp is offered at no told me he wants to be a counselor there when he located on Liberty Street and became a place cost to families. The 2007 session will begin on grows up. I will never forget picking him up at camp of comfort and reflection. The Family House Wednesday, August 15th and finish on Wednesday, the first time. He ran across the lawn, into my arms, was recently relocated to Gate 10 on Church August 22nd. Round-trip coach bus transportation and said, “Mom, it was the best week of my life.” Street. Due to construction on Liberty Street, will once again be provided. the Port Authority had to relocate the Family House to a place suitable for families to view The campers have diverse backgrounds and the site and still provide peace and quiet. interests, but share a common experience – they have all lost a parent or sibling in the September Family members helped find the new location 11th attacks or in the line of duty at any time as a that is respectful and affords a view of the firefighter or law enforcement officer. Over 150 staff WTC site. Family members participated in members create a warm, welcoming environment moving all of the meaningful and heartfelt which nurtures friendships and positive self-esteem. mementoes to the new location. This talented, energetic, mature staff is supported To enter the Family House use Gate 10 by trained personnel from the Center for Grieving located on Church Street, south of the Path Children, who are available on an informal, as- Station. Security at the gate will direct you to needed basis. The overall goal is to make sure the Family House, which is open 7 days a camp is an emotionally safe and supportive place, week from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm. For further as well as tremendously fun. information, contact Davella May at the Port “Upon her return, my daughter was happy and During this week of sun, fun and friendship, Authority (212) 435-5552. relaxed,” one Long Island mother said about her 10- campers can participate in a wide range of activities The Memorial Park identification card will year-old daughter. “Having the opportunity to at the camp’s picturesque lakeside site in Hinsdale, provide access into this area. The Memorial spend time with other children who have gone Massachusetts. There’s sailing, canoeing, Parkidentification card is issued by the Office through the same loss as her makes her feel windsurfing and water-skiing on the pristine lake; of the Chief Medical Examiner. If you do not accepted. At the same time, she is not singled out swimming in a spacious, heated pool, archery, and have a Memorial Park ID card, you can as a child who lost a parent.” The staff also is the all kinds of sports, played on beautiful fields and contact the Medical Examiner’s office at 212- key to successful experiences for first-time courts. The art shack and woodshop are always 447-7884 to make an appointment to get one. campers. Of the 250+ campers who attended in busy, and campers can also participate in activities The identification card also gives you access 2006, over 50 were new. First-time campers are such as dance and drama. to other family-related sites and events. quickly made to feel at home and are swept up in It’s a busy, active week. In addition to all of the daily the spirit of America’s Camp. activities, the last three summers have included Family House at Gate 10 “My son has an amazing time at camp,” said a carnivals, “air band” nights, theme days, day trips to Church Street, south of PATH Station Staten Island parent, whose 8-year-old son attended amusement parks and water parks and evening trips Open 7 Days 10 AM - 8 PM for the first time in 2004 and will be attending for his to minor league baseball games. fourth year this coming summer. “He feels America’s Camp..........Continued on page 2 Remembering February 26, 1993 INSIDE THIS ISSUE The Tribute Center created a special exhibit the NYPD, the FDNY and family members. Many of commemorating the attack on the World Trade the statements in interviews of people who worked in 1 WTC Family House Relocated Center on February 26, 1993 when terrorists the Towers and who responded to the explosion were detonated a bomb in an underground garage of the reminiscent of the 9/11 attacks – people talked about 1 America’s Camp buildings. The 1993 exhibit featured people who the confusion and the long descent down the worked at Dean Witter, Con Edison, the Vista Hotel, staircases which in 1993 were in complete darkness. 1 Remembering Feb. 26, 1993 the television transmitting station, the Port Authority, Thousands of visitors who came into Tribute between February 23 and April 3 were able to see the exhibit. 2 Recovery at WTC Surprisingly, many of the out-of-town and international visitors said they had not heard about 2 Tribute Website the 1993 bombing. On February 26, 2007, family members who lost loved ones in 1993 attended a 2 Resource Corner service at St. Peter’s Church and a moment of silence at the WTC site. The families then proceeded to the 3 100,000th Tribute Visitor Tribute Center where a ceremony was held. Family members presented photographs of their loved ones 3 Tribute Programs to Tribute. These photographs are now integrated into Tribute’s Gallery 4 remembering the lives that were 3 Taoiseach Bertie Ahern Visits cut tragically short. To submit a photograph of your loved one to the 4 Donations in Memoriam Tribute Center email [email protected] or call (212) 4 422-3520, ext 115. Dates to Remember 22 Cortlandt Street, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10007 www.911families.org www.tributewtc.org Tribute Recovery at WTC RESOURCE Since October 2006 when human remains were of the WTC site are expected to be completed by mid- discovered in a Con Edison manhole along the western June. edge of the WTC site, New York City has initiated recovery The second site along 140 Liberty Street is bounded by ORNER operations for human remains in four sites around the C Cedar Street, Washington Street, Liberty Street and the WTC site. In a memo from the Mayor’s office on March WTC site. Excavation began on February 10 and is 12, 2007, the four sites that were identified for continued expected to be complete by July 15. 9/11 Mental Health and excavation are (1) the western edge of the site including Substance Abuse Program under West Street; (2) the 140 Liberty Street parcel (the The third excavation is on the surrounding buildings and 1-800-LIFENET site of the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church); (3) rooftops. Searches of the Millennium Hotel at 55 Church Street and One Liberty Plaza are complete. The rooftops www.9-11mentalhealth.org buildings and rooftops in the vicinity of the WTC site; and (4) manholes and other subterranean structures in the of 130 Cedar Street and Fiterman Hall and the first five vicinity of the WTC site. The Office of the Chief Medical floors of 130 Liberty Street (Deutsche Bank) remain to be Examiner (OCME) has recovered 1,274 potential human searched. Preparations for the Deutsche Bank operation, 9/11 Service Guide remains from the additional excavation of these sites and where 766 potential human remains were recovered from List of non-profit agencies with a is scheduled to complete search operations by November. the rooftop last spring, began on March 2. The OCME variety of services for those estimates the search will take approximately 3 months. affected by September 11th. Excavation of the first site along the western edge of the www.redcross.org/september11/help site recovered 481 potential human remains that are being The fourth excavation of subterranean structures were (under Resources click 9/11 guide) examined by the OCME. During excavation of this site, identified by Con Edison, Verizon and DEP as 649 two 20-ton steel beams from the WTC were discovered manholes, service boxes and structures bounded by Safe Horizon that had been buried in place and portions of three steel Barclay Street, Broadway, Albany Street and the Hudson 1-866-689-HELP (4357) beams were recovered that appeared to have been driven River. Estimates target completion by the end of May. TDD 1-800-810-7444 into the ground by the force of the Tower’s collapse. Sifting is taking place at the 39th Street Pier in Brooklyn Ellen Fader 212-747-8581 Excavation also revealed remnants of four access ramps where a mechanical trammel is used to separate fine soil Counseling for those affected by to the WTC that, to varying degrees, extend under West material from material of interest that is then hand-sifted. 9/11 and referrals. Street. The OCME believes there could be additional Potential human remains are turned over to the OCME for www.safehorizon.org WTC material (and thus possibly human remains) in the DNA testing.
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