Anniversary in the Schools: 2021

Friday, September 10 and Saturday, September 11, 2021

The 9/11 Memorial & Museum invites you to participate in a FREE on-demand program commemorating the 20th anniversary of 9/11.  View a film highlighting first-person accounts of the attacks and their aftermath and connect with Museum staff in real-time through an interactive live chat.  The 35-minute program will be available on demand beginning Friday, September 10, 2021.  The webinar will be available at 911memorial.org/webinar.  Log in at any time beginning Friday, September 10 to view the program on demand.  The live chat will be available from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. EDT on September 10 and 11.

If you participate remotely, go to 911memorial.org/webinar and click the "View Webinar" link at the top of the page.  To access the video, you will be prompted to answer a brief set of questions.

You will learn about 9/11 through personal stories from 9/11 family members Cait Leavey, Brielle Saracini, and John Spade, first responders from the FDNY and PAPD, and a student on 9/11, and ask questions through a live chat with Museum staff.  The webinar will be interpreted in American Sign Language and captioned.  An audio description and Spanish subtitles will also be available.

2021 Speakers:

Bill  Spade, a retired FDNY firefighter who responded to the World Trade Center on 9/11,  and his son,  John Spade,  a graduate of the  9/11 Museum Ambassador  program and  Museum  volunteer 

Carlton Shelley  II,  a West Point graduate who  was  a student  in the elementary school where President George W. Bush  was told about the 9/11 attacks  

Will  Jimeno,  a  retired  Port Authority police  officer  who  was rescued from the debris pile hours after surviving the collapse of the Twin Towers

Brielle  Saracini and  Cait  Leavey,  whose fathers were both killed on 9/11 and who became lifelong friends while volunteering with an organization dedicated to supporting those who lost loved ones on September 11

*****This program is made possible in partnership with the New York Life Foundation***** 

For more general information, go to the 9/11 Memorial & Museum Website at 911memorial.org. Any questions, please contact DeAnne O'Brien at dobrien@ivpl.org.