New York

Engine Six was one of the two pumper companies in the FDNY that had trucks with the capacity to actually pump water up to the 110th story of the World Trade Center. So it was specifically purchased for the World Trade Center, it was located just a couple blocks away on Beekman Street. So it’s very close to the buildings for that reason. It had parked under what had been a pedestrian bridge over Vesey Street in lower Manhattan. And when the buildings collapse, the footbridge collapsed on top of the rear of the truck and actually preserved the truck. The front was exposed to the fire that followed the collapse of the buildings. And one of the reasons Engine Six was selected to be brought here to the museum was the fact that it both retains the immediate recognizability of being an FDNY vehicle, but also just the sheer trauma that the vehicle underwent. So it was very symbolic and impactful in that respect.

The Strong is the ultimate play destination for all ages! With 100,000 square feet of dynamic, interactive exhibit space, The Strong museum provides entertaining, educational, and unforgettable intergenerational fun.

Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY

Decades after testing the polio vaccine on unwitting patients, this historic mental hospital sits in ruin. 

Titanic’s surviver’s arrived in New York, but not where they had expected to dock. Titanic’s final destination was to be Pier 59 which was owned by the White Star Line. Instead, the Titanic survivors arrived in New York on the Carpathia, a Cunard Line ship. After a brief stop at Pier 59 to drop off the lifeboats from Titanic, the Carpathia traveled a few blocks south to dock at the Cunard pier, Pier 54. Anxious crowds of people, numbering in the thousands, awaited the arrival of the Carpathia and news of loved ones.

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