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9/11 Memorial Adds Seventh Bell This Year

9/7/2026

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  • The 9/11 Memorial & Museum opened in 2014, costing $350 million and 110,000 sq ft.
  • U.S. families led by Kristen Breitweiser secured the 9/11 Commission Report in 2004.
  • The Commission Report detailed events but assigned no government blame for intelligence lapses.
  • A seventh bell will toll this year for victims who died of suicide, cancer or terrorism-related illness.
  • Visitor Steve Kandell, whose sister Shari is still unidentified, noted an ambulance husk artifact.