In July 2008, Joe Daniels and the fine folks at the National September 11th Memorial & Museum at The World Trade Center installed an historic 911 artifact at the museum: the Vesey Street Stairs. Known as the “Survivor’s Stairway,” it served as a vital route to safety for thousands fleeing the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

Quoted from their newsletter:

"Beginning in the middle of the night on Friday, July 18, and continuing throughout the heat of the following day, dedicated crews at the World Trade Center site labored to transport and position this 21 foot high, 64 foot long concrete remnant.

...Weighing some 116,000 pounds, the Stairs were then lifted by the single cable of a 500-ton crane, pivoted, and lowered more than 70 feet to bedrock. Now safely placed within the foundations of the Memorial & Museum, the Stairs will be repositioned in the coming months for their final installation.

The Stairs provide a powerful reference to the survivors’ story and reinforce a fundamental message: every one of us lives in a post-9/11 world, and, in that sense, every one of us is a survivor of September 11. "

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