What is National September 11 Memorial & Museum?
[[File:911MemLogo.svg|thumb|right|220px|The memorial's logo]] [[File:9-11 Memorial and Museum (28815276064).jpg|thumb|right|220px|The memorial, museum and reflection pools]] The '''National September 11 Memorial & Museum''' (also known as the '''9/11 Memorial & Museum''') is a memorial and museum in [[New York City]] honoring the victims of the [[September 11 attacks|September 11, 2001 attacks]], which killed 2,977 people, and the [[1993 World Trade Center bombing]], which killed six.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nationalgeographic.com/remembering-9-11/place-of-remembrance/ | title=A Place of Remembrance | work=[[National Geographic (magazine)|National Geographic]] | date=2011 | access-date=November 5, 2014 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141105175631/http://www.nationalgeographic.com/remembering-9-11/place-of-remembrance/ | archive-date=November 5, 2014 | df=mdy-all }}</ref> ==Background== The memorial is located at the [[World Trade Center site]], the former location of the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|Twin Towers]] that were destroyed during the September 11 attacks. A memorial was planned shortly after the attacks for the victims and those involved in rescue and recovery operations.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/29/nyregion/at-9-11-museum-shocks-of-awe-and-grief.html | work=The New York Times | first=David W. | last=Dunlap | title=In 9/11 Museum to Open Next Spring, Vastness and Serenity, and Awe and Grief | date=June 28, 2013 | access-date=February 11, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223102854/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/29/nyregion/at-9-11-museum-shocks-of-awe-and-grief.html | archive-date=December 23, 2016 | url-status=live }}</ref> The winner of the World Trade Center Site Memorial Competition was Israeli-American architect [[Michael Arad]]. The memorial has [[swamp white oak]] trees with two square [[reflecting pool]]s in the center marking where the Twin Towers stood.<ref>{{cite web |last=Handwerker |first=Haim |url=