Ground Zero rescuers and recovery workers will be honored by a permanent walkway through a grassy clearing at the 9/11 memorial partially financed by former Mayor Mike Bloomberg, it was announced Tuesday.
“We owe these men and women of the recovery a great debt of gratitude and they deserve a fitting tribute for their courage, sacrifice and bravery,” said Bloomberg, whose charity is putting up half of the $1 million cost.
The state is contributing the rest.
This week, the 9/11 memorial and museum are marking the 15th anniversary of the end of recovery operations at the site on May 30, 2002.
Several events are planned including a ceremony near the Last Column, the last steel beam removed from the site.