Mission
THE NATIONAL SEPTEMBER 11 MEMORIAL & MUSEUM AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER BEARS SOLEMN WITNESS TO THE TERRORIST ATTACKS OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 AND FEBRUARY 26, 1993. RESPECTING THIS SITE MADE SACRED THROUGH LOSS, THE MEMORIAL & MUSEUM REMEMBERS AND HONORS THE NEARLY 3,000 VICTIMS OF THESE ATTACKS AND ALL THOSE WHO RISKED THEIR LIVES TO SAVE OTHERS. IT FURTHER RECOGNIZES THE THOUSANDS WHO SURVIVED AND ALL WHO MANIFESTED EXTRAORDINARY COMPASSION AND LEADERSHIP IN THE WAKE OF THE ATTACKS. DEMONSTRATING THE CONSEQUENCES OF TERRORISM ON INDIVIDUAL LIVES AND ITS IMPACT ON COMMUNITIES AT THE LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL LEVELS, THE MEMORIAL & MUSEUM ATTESTS TO THE TRIUMPH OF HUMAN DIGNITY OVER HUMAN DEPRAVITY AND AFFIRMS AN UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO THE FUNDAMENTAL VALUE OF HUMAN LIFE.