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 Survivor's stairs - NYC, NY, USA Posted by:  Ariberna
N 40° 42.692 W 074° 00.777
18T E 583373 N 4507203
Remnant of stairs.
Waymark Code: WM18T8X
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 09/22/2023
Views: 1
"Vesey Street stair remnant: The "Survivors' Stairs"
Recovered from the World Trade Center site after September 11, 2001
Collection 9/11 Memorial Museum, Courtesy of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
This staircase once connected the northern edge of the World Trade Center's Austin J. Tobin Plaza to the Vesey Street sidewalk below. On September 11, 2001, the stairs and an adjacent escalator provided an unobstructed exit for hundreds seeking to escape. To reach the stairs, many had to cross the Plaza beneath treacherous debris falling from the North Tower.
Go down this set of stairs and then just run, run as fast as you can.
DAVID BRINK, LIEUTENANT, NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT EMERGENCY SERVICE UNIT
RECALLING WHAT HE SAID TO EVACUEES ON 9/1)"
Source: information panel.
Name of organization that built the memorial: 9/11 Memorial
Private or Public Monument?: Government
Text on the memorial:
"Vesey Street stair remnant: The "Survivors' Stairs"
Recovered from the World Trade Center site after September 11, 2001
Collection 9/11 Memorial Museum, Courtesy of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
This staircase once connected the northern edge of the World Trade Center's Austin J. Tobin Plaza to the Vesey Street sidewalk below. On September 11, 2001, the stairs and an adjacent escalator provided an unobstructed exit for hundreds seeking to escape. To reach the stairs, many had to cross the Plaza beneath treacherous debris falling from the North Tower.
Go down this set of stairs and then just run, run as fast as you can.
DAVID BRINK, LIEUTENANT, NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT EMERGENCY SERVICE UNIT
RECALLING WHAT HE SAID TO EVACUEES ON 9/1)"
Physical address of memorial:
9/11 Memorial
NYC, NY USA
Date of Dedication: Not listed
Additional coordinates: Not Listed
Website for more information: Not listed
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