A Long Island mother has been named the winner in the raffle for the motorcycle built by Paul Jr. Designs to support the 9/11 Memorial.  The winning ticket number was 00439.  More details on the winner to come.

9/11 Memorial board member Daniel R. Tishman commissioned Paul Teutul Jr. and his team to build two motorcycles that commemorate the rebuilding of the World Trade Center site.  One bike, donated to the 9/11 Memorial, was unveiled in October 2011 and is now on display at the 9/11 Memorial Visitor Center at 90 West St.  The second bike was built to be raffled off in support of the memorial and museum.

Discovery Channel’s popular show “American Chopper” chronicled the building of the motorcycles and Paul Jr.’s visit to the 9/11 Memorial.

By 9/11 Memorial staff

9/11 Memorial Motorcycle: MyFoxNY.com

Paul Tuetul Jr., of “American Chopper” fame, and 9/11 Memorial President Joe Daniels appeared on Good Day New York to debut the motorcycle built to support the 9/11 Memorial and talk about the raffle to win the bike. A raffle winner will be picked on Jan. 20.  Read more at myfoxny.com.

Raffle tickets are available here until Thursday, Jan. 19, at 11:59 p.m.  Tickets can also be purchased at the 9/11 Memorial Preview Site at 20 Vesey St. and at the 9/11 Memorial Visitor Center at 90 West St. until Friday, Jan. 20, at 6 p.m. For more information, visit 911memorial.org.

After ticket sales close Friday, a live drawing will take place the 9/11 Memorial Preview Site at 7:30 p.m. with Paul Jr.

 By 9/11 Memorial staff

Oral historians at the Flight 93 Memorial in Somerset County, Pa., are in the process of transcribing more than 780 interviews that have been recorded to create a documentation collection for research and education that compliments exhibits at the planned Flight 93 Memorial, according to Essential Public Radio 90.5 in Pittsburg.

The oral histories include stories from those who were first on the scene, journalists covering the disaster, and the family members who received calls from loved ones as Flight 93 went down in a field in Shanksville.

Hear a sampling of oral histories that are part of the National September 11 Memorial Museum’s collection here.

By 9/11 Memorial Staff 

Since opening in September 2011, the 9/11 Memorial has welcomed more than a million visitors from across the globe – people who have come to these hallowed grounds to remember, reflect and pay tribute.  In addition to seeing the names of the nearly 3,000 victims and standing in the place where the twin towers once stood, many have been moved to capture and share their moments at the memorial.

The MEMO blog has shared pictures visitors posted to the memorial’s Facebook wall and via Twitter, but thousands more photos are also available for viewing on Flickr.  A quick Flickr search for “National September 11 Memorial” yielded more than 4,000 photos as a result.  The Flickr map feature even lets users see where photos were taken while at the memorial.

 By 9/11 Memorial staff

The National September 11 Memorial & Museum is proud to issue our Year End Update, which remembers 2011's 10th anniversary commemoration of the 9/11 attacks and the historic dedication and opening of the 9/11 Memorial.

For the first time in 10 years, people from around the world have set foot on the 16 acres of the World Trade Center site, paying their respects at the 9/11 Memorial as the surrounding rebuilding rises around them. More than a million people have already come to honor, remember, and reflect on the 2,983 people whose names are forever inscribed in bronze at this sacred site.

On behalf of our Chairman, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, the Board of Directors, and our staff, we are tremendously grateful to our more than 900,000 supporters for embracing the 9/11 Memorial and for their dedication to helping us reach our goal of opening on the 10th anniversary of the attacks.

Best wishes for a healthy and happy new year. We hope to welcome you at the 9/11 Memorial soon.

By 9/11 Memorial staff

The National September 11 Memorial at the World Trade Center site has reached a major milestone of welcoming more than one million visitors since opening to the general public on Sept. 12, after its dedication for victims' families on the 10th anniversary of 9/11.

In less than four months, people from all 50 states and more than 120 countries have reserved passes to visit the memorial.

"For 10 years, people were only able to walk the perimeter of the World Trade Center site, stealing glances at the progress through construction fences," 9/11 Memorial President Joe Daniels said. "As of today, more than one million people have returned to this sacred ground to pay their respects, and are able to witness the rebuilding of the World Trade Center all around them. It humbles us to see that the public's will to commemorate the victims of 9/11 is as strong as ever."

See Good Day New York’s interview with Daniels at MyFoxNY.com. 

By 9/11 Memorial Staff 

In October, Travel + Leisure magazine asked its readers to vote for their favorite new landmarks, and the National September 11 Memorial was honored with a nomination as the best new park or public space. Read more about it here.

The January issue of the magazine, which hits newsstands this week, announced the results of the survey.  The memorial took the No. 1 spot in its category, followed by Millennium Park in Chicago and Sands SkyPark at Marina Bay in Singapore.

The memorial was also named the No. 18 most-visited landmark in the world, with the Statue of Liberty and the Empire State Building rounding out the No.1 and No. 2 spots, respectively.

By 9/11 Memorial staff

Earlier this week, staff and exhibition designers for the 9/11 Memorial Museum previewed one of the first exhibits that would be experienced after entering the museum. The “We Remember” exhibit is a multimedia soundscape display that conveys the global nature of 9/11 and features overlapping voices of people around the world remembering where they were when they first heard the news of the 2001 terror attacks.

“The amazing technology being used in the ‘We Remember’ exhibit allows us to focus on the human dimension of history by narrating the personal stories behind these events, all while giving people a unique experience as they begin their journey through the museum,” said Alice Greenwald, 9/11 Memorial Museum director.

The museum has collected more than 7,000 recordings in at least 15 different languages for this introductory exhibit.  To contribute to “We Remember,” visitors to the 9/11 Memorial Preview Site at 20 Vesey St. can share their own 9/11 recollections in the on-site recording booths.

By 9/11 Memorial staff

Self-described political junkie, intrepid explorer and photographer Chase Guttman recently visited the 9/11 Memorial.  Read Guttman’s report and memories of being a kindergartener on 9/11, and see photos of his visit, all at huffingtonpost.com. 

By 9/11 Memorial Staff

Since opening, the 9/11 Memorial has welcomed hundreds of thousands of visitors from across the globe – people who have come to these hallowed grounds to remember, reflect and pay tribute.  In addition to seeing the names of the nearly 3,000 victims and standing in the place where the twin towers once stood, many have been moved to capture and share their moments at the memorial.

Earlier this month, the MEMO blog shared some pictures visitors posted to the memorial’s Facebook wall.  See that post here, and take a look at some of these heartfelt moments recently posted to Twitter:

@chadiswell: At the 9/11 Memorial Tonight-beautiful and sobering (November 30, 2011)

@AutismIsARose: In NYC for the day. Reflecting and paying respects at the 9/11 Memorial (November 29, 2011)

@kakapies: 9/11 Memorial: remembering Flight 175 (November 29, 2011)@dlawless9: 9/11 Memorial is gorgeous (November 28, 2011)

Share your own memory by tagging the #911Memorial in your tweets, and follow the 9/11 Memorial at twitter.com/Sept11Memorial. 

By 9/11 Memorial Staff