Overview
- The 9/11 Memorial & Museum, which announced Tuesday, will debut the added bell at the 25th anniversary ceremony this fall.
- It will follow the reading of names at the World Trade Center and become a permanent, untimed feature of the ceremony.
- More than 9,000 people have died from 9/11-related illnesses, and nearly 53,000 cancer cases are now linked to exposure, with over 143,300 people enrolled in the World Trade Center Health Program.
- Museum leaders and Chairman Michael R. Bloomberg endorsed the change as a way to ensure every life lost on the day and in the years since is remembered.
- Advocates including John Feal and attorney Michael Barasch pressed for this step, which builds on the Memorial Glade dedicated six years ago and elevates the health toll as part of the memorial’s story.