Programs

Paying Tribute to the September 11th Community

The World Trade Center Survivors' Network hopes to engage the larger community in our annual Walk of Tribute. Participants pay a special tribute to the many varied groups within the September 11 Community. The walk will begin at "The Sphere," Fritz Koenig's famous sculpture which was recovered from the ruins of the World Trade Center and relocated to Battery Park. Participants will briefly stop at five symbolic locations along the three-quarter-mile route, where a few words will be spoken in honor.

The Walk of Tribute locations are:

NYPD Downtown Center, 104 Washington Street -- to honor the City’s Finest.
FDNY "10 House", 124 Liberty Street -- to honor the City’s Bravest.
Tribute Center, 120 Liberty Street -- to honor the Victims of September 11th.
"Survivors’ Stairway," Vesey Street -- to honor the Survivors of September 11th.
St. Paul’s Chapel, 211 Broadway -- to honor the Rescue and Recovery Workers and Volunteers who responded to September 11th.

The first annual Walk of Tribute was held in September 2006 as part of our Fifth Anniversary Commemorations.

Survivors' Salute

The WTCSN awards the Survivors' Salute to those organizations and individuals who have contributed to support the survivors of September 11th, as well as WTCSN and its mission to serve the living victims of the September 11 attacks.

Awardees in 2006:

Dr Robin Gershon, Columbia University WTC Evacuation Study.
William M Gantz, DLA PIPER RUDNICKGRAY CARY U.S. LLP
Madeleine Blot, World Trade Center Memorial Foundation
Liam Kavanagh, First Deputy Commissioner, New York City Dpt. Of Parks and Recreation.
Keith Piaseczny, ArtAid
Rabbi Craig Miller, Jewish Community Relations Council of NY
Alice Greenwald, World Trade Center Memorial Museum Director
Angelo Guglielmo JR, Director, The Heart of Steel
Ken Lustbader, Lower Manhattan Emergency Preservation Fund
Michael J. Arcari, Faithful Response
Kim Hogrefe, Chubb & Son Inc.
Charles Kaczorowski, Designer, The Living Memorial

Awardees in 2005:

Father Jim Hayes, St. Andrew’s Church
Dr. John J. Scibilia, Lutheran Response of New York
Kurt and Diane Horning, WTC Families for Proper Burial
Dr. Al Siebert, The Resiliency Center
Lee Ielpi, Jennifer Adams, Michael Kuo, Sally Yerkovich, Kimberly Grieger, Rachel Grygorcewicz, September 11 Families Association.
Ethel Sheffer and Michael E. Levine, NY Metro Chapter, American Planning Association.
Marcie Kesner, New York Visions.
Petra Todorovich and Robert Yaro, The Civic Alliance To Rebuild Downtown New York.

Awardees in 2004:

Mary Fetchett, Voices of September 11
Louise LoPresti
Bob Schutz, WTC Site Supervisor, Port Authority
Jennifer Brown, Lower Manhattan Development Corporation
Lisa Orloff, September Space
Janice Cilento, St. Vincent’s WTC Healing Services
Aaron Zimmerman, NY Writers Coalition
Ken Thompson, Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism
Oklahoma City Bombing Family Members, Survivors and Rescue Workers

Our members take part in the annual Tunnel to Towers run retracing the steps of Firefighter Stephen Siller, http://www.tunneltotowersrun.org/