Shown Left to Right, Dean Petrelis, Deputy Director of Fresh Kills; Dennis Diggins, Director of Fresh Kills Landfill; Martin Bellew, Director, Bureau of Waste Disposal; and Michael Mucci, Deputy Director of Waste Disposal standing under an American flag from the World Trade Center that was recovered by the New York State Police at Ground Zero.

The New York State Museum in Albany opened its Recovery and Response phase two World Trade Center exhibition on February 1st featuring a major collection of objects, architectural elements, rare images, video and sound that chronicle this chapter of the nation's worst terrorist attacks. When the first phase opened last September, it was the nation's first permanent museum exhibition of artifacts documenting the September 11th attack on the World Trade Center. The second phase of the exhibition tells the rest of the story of what happened in the months following September 11th, both at Ground Zero and at Fresh Kills. The exhibition shines a light on the many unsung heroes who worked endlessly at both sites, shows some of what they recovered and offers a close-up view of the incredible memorials that appeared across the nation as a sign of the public's unparalleled support.

A large new exhibition section tells the story of the massive evidence recovery operation at Fresh Kills through hundreds of images, photomurals, and many recovered rare objects from Ground Zero. A computer program is installed where visitors see a visual inventory of the State Museum's World Trade Center collection and an FBI video of the Fresh Kills recovery operations.

Chief Martin Bellew, Director, Bureau of Waste Disposal, was among a number of speakers at the opening ceremony.