Three court officers perished on September 11, 2001 while rescuing victims during the collapse of the World Trade Center towers. Twenty Manhattan court officers rushed to Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan. Today two court officers are honored with corners in front of a New York County courthouse, while the third has a NYC Parks greenspace … Continue reading September 11th’s Three Court Officers: Captain William Thompson, Sergeant Thomas Jurgens, and Sergeant Mitchel Wallace
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The Brooklyn Wall of Remembrance
New York City's first memorial to 9/11 is The Brooklyn Wall of Remembrance, in Coney Island, Brooklyn. Located on the side of MCU Park, home of the Brooklyn Cyclones, the wall is comprised of three granite walls with laser-engraved portraits of 346 Firefighters, 37 Port Authority Officers, 23 NYC Police Officers, three NYS Officers, one … Continue reading The Brooklyn Wall of Remembrance


