The Port Authority is launching a Web site where images of approximately 8,000 personal photos recovered from the World Trade Center site after September 11, 2001, can be reviewed as part of a process to determine the owners of the photos.
Please note: Beginning on January 18, 2005, family members of the deceased victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center will be able to visit the limited-access Web site, which will be password protected. Family members will receive a letter from the Lower Manhattan Development Corp. within the next two weeks providing instructions on how to access the Web site. Employees of former World Trade Center tenants will be provided similar access later this year.
About the Website
In the days after 9/11, photographs were recovered from the area around the World Trade Center site and collected by the NYPD Property Division. Kodak restored the salvageable photos and returned 17 disks containing over 8000 images to the NYPD. The NYPD asked for the Port Authority's assistance in developing procedures for potential owners to view the images. The Web site will contain images of the restored photos that were collected after September 11, 2001, from the World Trade Center site. After being recovered, the photos were restored by Kodak employees. Each image – most are personal photographs that people had in their offices – has an identifying number on it.
The photos are in the custody of the New York Police Department, which will handle claims for the photos as they are identified by families and former tenants.
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Instructions on Accessing Photos
To access the site log onto https://www.panynj.gov/wtci/index.php
Enter a username and a password.
- The username is the first initial and full last name of the decedent as recorded with the New York Medical Examiner's Office. For example, John Doe would be "jdoe."
- The password is the full seven-character RM number as assigned by the New York Medical Examiner's Office. For example, "rm09999." Remember it is 7 characters for the password so you will have to add zeroes to make 7 characters !!!!!
For Example:
From 1 thru 9 . RM0000 plus the number assigned by the medical examiner
From 10 thru 99 RM000 plus the number assigned by the medical examiner
From 100 to 999.it would be RM00 plus the number assigned by the medical examiner Anything above a thousand. RM0 plus the number assigned by the medical examiner
Please only call the New York Medical Examiner's Office at 212-447-7884 if you are unsure of either the exact registry of the decedents first and last name or you do not know the RM number.
Once you have identified an image, please refer to the instructions on the web site to file a claim for your photo with the NYPD Property Division. General instructions on how to navigate the web page are also provided as you proceed through the site.
Please note:
It is estimated that it may take as long as 10 hours to view all of the images.
You may sign onto the Web page as many times as necessary to view the images.
Questions? All questions regarding access to the web site should be directed to George Gajewski via email at ggajewsk@panynj.gov.
Feel free to contact Anthoula Katsimatides at the LMDC if you have any other questions regarding the web site.
Email her at AKatsimatides@renewnyc.com or call 212-587-9646.
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