"Everyday" objects tell the heartbreak of 9/11: Mayor de Blasio

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JENNIFER FERMINO

In a moving speech at the dedication ceremony of the September 11 Memorial Museum, Mayor de Blasio said the "ordinary everyday objects" on display will help us better understand the tragedy - including a pair of dusty black pumps worn by a survivor of the day.

"Don't we all own a pair of shoes we wear to work? It could've been the ones we wore that day," de Blasio said in brief remarks on Thursday.

The mayor also highlighted another museum exhibit - 38 stairs that were the last World Trade Center remnant found above ground after the tragedy


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1. I found the watch, stopped at 3:11 from the Shanksville PA flight, particular moving, as well.

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2. The shoes are what get me.

[pinto]

3. Yeah. Especially with the first hand account

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4. I was down there a few days after it happened and I will never forget that smell.

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5. Always to remember

http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/remember-article-1.1792718?comment=true

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6. Obama Honors WTC Hero Known As ‘Man In The Red Bandanna’

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/05/15/obama-honors-wtc-hero-known-as-man-in-the-red-bandanna/