World Trade Center Repository

About the Repository at the World Trade Center Memorial

The World Trade Center Memorial site includes a Repository for the remains of those killed on 9/11. OCME maintains jurisdiction over the Repository, which is located at bedrock on the sacred ground of the World Trade Center site.

While the Repository is located within the structure of the National September 11 Memorial complex, the area is accessed, operated, and maintained solely by OCME. Situated between the two footprints of the Twin Towers, the Repository includes an adjacent office for OCME and a private reflection room for family members only. None of these spaces is accessible to the public. The Repository occupies approximately 2,500 square feet of space and has been designed by OCME to provide the highest levels of care and security for the remains.

Under the professional auspices of OCME, the Repository provides a dignified and reverential setting for the remains to repose - temporarily or in perpetuity - as the work to identify the 9/11 victims continues. OCME is committed to the effort to make identifications through the most advanced forensic science, but no identification work is performed on site at the Repository.

Appointments for visiting the private family reflection room are only required when requesting an OCME Anthropologist to be present during the visit. Appointments must be made at least 48 hours in advance and will be restricted to the regular operational hours of the 9/11 Memorial Museum. To schedule a visit, call the OCME WTC Hotline at 212-447-7884 Monday-Friday between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., or send an e-mail to WTC_Hotline@ocme.nyc.gov.