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It's hard to believe that over nine months have passed since the horrible tragedy of September 11, 2001. New York City is "stronger than ever;" Ground Zero is a construction site and no longer a recovery site; and according to the Mayor's office; 86% of Lower Manhattan residents feel that New York City is as good or better as a place to live than a year ago.

May 30th marked the end of recognizing Ground Zero as a recovery site and Mayor Michael Bloomberg issued this comment:

"The recovery effort at the World Trade Center site has made us all proud. Under the most emotionally grueling of circumstances, firefighters, police officers and paramedics have honored our fallen heroes through the grace and dignity by which they sought to find them. Working by their side day and night, construction workers completed the removal of debris at a fraction of the cost and in half of the time originally estimated. I am so grateful that this was accomplished without the loss of even one more life."

"Almost nine months have passed since a barbaric attack changed us forever. Soon, we will begin the process of planning how we will memorialize and how we will rebuild. In doing so, we will chart the future of our indomitable City. But today is a day to remember those we lost and honor those who worked so hard and wanted so badly to bring all of them home."

A memorial ceremony is planned for September 11, 2002, the one-year anniversary of the attacks and Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the planning committee invite suggestions for the one-year memorial ceremony.

• Ideas submitted through these means should be for the memorial ceremony to take place September 11, 2002, NOT for the permanent memorial.
• The deadline for submitting your ideas is July 31, 2002.
• You can submit your ideas online
• By phone: (212) 788-7799 or
• By mail: September 11th Memorial Anniversary / City Hall / New York, NY 10007.

Ideas for the permanent memorial are scheduled to be shared in mid-July and public comment will be solicited at that point.