911-memorial

9/11 Memorial: Sorry We Made Those Kids Stop Singing the National Anthem

Sam Biddle · 04/26/16 11:55AM

Security guards have a bad reputation for wanton enforcement of arbitrary rules. Is it deserved? Watch this video of a guard at Ground Zero silence a bunch of North Carolina school kids while they’re singing the National Anthem and decide for yourself.

Victim's Name Misspelled on 9/11 Memorial

Brian Moylan · 09/13/11 05:15PM

The family of Jeffrey Schreier was a little miffed when they visited the newly-opened 9/11 memorial this weekend and discovered that his first name was spelled "Jeffery." And this man died in a terrorist attack. No respect!

Watch Paul Simon Perform 'Sound of Silence' at the 9/11 Memorial

Max Read · 09/11/11 11:00AM

Paul Simon was supposed to perform "Bridge Over Troubled Water" at the World Trade Center site today. He did "Sound of Silence" instead, not that we're complaining: NPR's Margot Adler called it "perhaps the most moving moment of the ceremony," and we don't doubt it. (If nothing else, the lyrics to "Sound of Silence" are much better, and arguably more appropriate, at least in the ways that their meanings have changed between 1964 and 2001, and between 2001 and now.)