Ground Zero Museum Workshop

Ground Zero Museum Workshop opened September 7, 2005 in New York City’s Meatpacking District. Many people came together to help create the most realistic account of the Ground Zero “Recovery Period” ever created. 9/11 Family members, members of the FDNY, first responders, sound studios, foreign language voiceover specialists and experts in the field of graphics and technology all believed in what our vision was and came together to bring the private world of “inside Ground Zero” to life for you. As the Official Photographer at Ground Zero for the FDNY Fire Unions, spending 7 months inside the World Trade  Center site was a life-changing experience. After a trip to the Anne Frank House helped me fully understand the  horrors of the Holocaust, I came back to New York City to try and create a similar Museum that would help the public experience what it was like to be in the front lines with FDNY firefighters and recovery crews at Ground Zero. There were so many aspects to the “Recovery Period” to convey: from the K-9 Recovery Dogs to the sacred “Honor Guard” ceremonies - from below Ground Zero in the dangerous PATH subway tunnels to the endless and tedious 24/7 digging for victims. Peppered throughout the WTC rubble were thousands of artifacts, each one telling a story and of course there were the ‘faces” of Ground Zero: The incredible and unique men and women that went through harsh winter weather conditions and hardship to dig endlessly, day and night to try and bring families some closure.