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9/11 Memorials

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

 
 
9/11 Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Larry Gertner, January 31, 2020
1. 9/11 Memorial
Inscription.
Main memorial:
In Memory of the victims of the 1993 World Trade Center Bombing
and
the victims of the 2011 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and United Airlines Flight 93

Four individual memorials:
Port Authority Police Officer Donald A. Foreman
Port Authority Police Officer Nathaniel Webb
Port Authority Police Officer Walter A. McNeil
Port Authority Police Officer Kenneth F. Tietjen
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: 9/11 Attacks. A significant historical year for this entry is 1993.
 
Location. 40° 43.458′ N, 74° 0.465′ W. Memorial is in Manhattan, New York, in New York County. It is in Hudson Square. It can be reached from the intersection of Hudson Street and Canal Street, on the right. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: Freeman Plaza West, New York NY 10013, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in New York City. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Holland Tunnel (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named The Holland Tunnel (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Holland Tunnel (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); House of Leonard Lispenard (about 400 feet away); 508 Canal Street (about 500 feet away); C.F. Martin & Co. Guitars (about 600 feet away); Original Shoreline Marker 1766 (approx. 0.2 miles away); James Brown House (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map
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Another marker is no longer nearby. 9/11 Memorial (was about 800 feet away but has been permanently removed).
 
Regarding 9/11 Memorials. Eighty-four Port Authority employees, including 37 police officers, lost their lives in One World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. Why only these four are honored individually is unknown.
 
Freeman Plaza West image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Larry Gertner, January 31, 2020
2. Freeman Plaza West
The plaques are in the vicinity of the pedestrian.
9/11 Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Larry Gertner, January 31, 2020
3. 9/11 Memorial
9/11 Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Larry Gertner, January 31, 2020
4. 9/11 Memorial
9/11 Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Larry Gertner, January 31, 2020
5. 9/11 Memorial
9/11 Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Larry Gertner, January 31, 2020
6. 9/11 Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 31, 2023. It was originally submitted on January 8, 2021, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. This page has been viewed 352 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on January 8, 2021, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.
 
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