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Arnold Roma has spent 25 years demanding that his son, Keith, be recognized as a 9/11 hero. Keith died at the World Trade Center as a New York Fire Patrolman, a separate entity from the FDNY, and was excluded from the official count of 343 firefighters killed. Roma argues Keith deserves inclusion in the national memorial, despite official records limiting the count to active FDNY members.
Archivists in Pittsburgh are preserving artifacts from the Tree of Life synagogue, where a mass shooting took place in 2018, in order to create a museum and educational center dedicated to combating antisemitism and memorializing the victims. The artifacts include bullet-ridden Torah arks, lecterns, framed photographs, bloodstained carpets, children's books, and artwork. The preservation effort aims to animate the story of the attack and provoke a visceral reaction from visitors. The project reflects a broader trend of communities documenting the legacies of mass killings, but also raises questions about the appropriate way to memorialize such events.