Tunnel to Towers Foundation traveling September 11th exhibit visits Mount Kisco

Seth Harrison, Rockland/Westchester Journal News
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The Tunnel to Towers Foundation 9/11 NEVER FORGET Mobile Exhibit, which travels throughout the nation, is visiting Mount Kisco to mark the 22nd anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center. The exhibit, which features interactive education, artifacts such as steel beams from the towers, photos, documentary videos, and recordings of first responder radio transmissions, has been in Mount Kisco since Thursday, when it opened with a ceremony marking the 9/11 attacks. It will remain open to the public through Monday afternoon. On Friday, school groups got tours of the exhibit, and members of the community have been visiting the traveling museum throughout the weekend.

Area residents visit the Tunnel to Towers Foundation 9/11 NEVER FORGET Mobile Exhibit at the Mount Kisco fire department Sept. 10, 2023. The traveling exhibit, which features interactive education, artifacts such as steel beams from the towers, documentary videos, and recordings of first responder radio transmissions has been in Mount Kisco since Thursday, and will remain open to the public through Monday afternoon.

The Tunnel to Towers Foundation, founded in tribute to New York Fire Department firefighter Stephen Siller, who died on September 11, 2001, provides mortgage-free homes to fallen first responder families with young children and builds specially-adapted smart homes for severely injured veterans and first responders. The foundation also provides educational opportunities about the 9/11 attacks through the traveling exhibit. After leaving Mount Kisco, the exhibit will travel to New Jersey, then to Indiana.

Christeen Bernard-Dur of Pound Ridge, visits the Tunnel to Towers Foundation 9/11 NEVER FORGET Mobile Exhibit at the Mount Kisco fire department Sept. 10, 2023. The traveling exhibit, which features interactive education, artifacts such as steel beams from the towers, documentary videos, and recordings of first responder radio transmissions has been in Mount Kisco since Thursday, and will remain open to the public through Monday afternoon.

Christeen Bernard-Dur of Pound Ridge, whose father is a retired New York City firefighter, wiped tears from her eyes as she walked through the exhibit Sunday. "I want people to remember that we were united then", she said. "This wasn't a political story. We need to remember that. It's more important than ever."

This article originally appeared on Rockland/Westchester Journal News: Tunnel to Towers traveling Sept. 11th exhibit visits Mount Kisco