# @911memorial on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DbqaYdhmn-g
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/68719607-911memorial-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-08-05T15:01:42.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** 9/11 Memorial & Museum (@911memorial) — https://gondola.cc/911memorial

## Caption

On 9/11 and throughout the nine-month rescue and recovery effort, more than 3,000 members of the Transport Workers Union (TWU) answered the call to assist.  They immediately began to search for victims at Ground Zero while driving thousands of people to safety. They also transported vital equipment and emergency workers to the disaster scene, and assessed and restored critical transit systems damaged when the Towers collapsed.

Until September 1, you can see a selection of related TWULocal 100  artifacts documenting their service story on display in the #911Museum's Foundation Hall. Featured are:

A hard hat worn by MTA signal maintainer and TWU Local 100 officer Dominick Spagnolo, who spent months monitoring conditions in damaged subway tunnels and advocating for worker safety.

A jacket worn by MTA train operator Hector Soto, Jr., who operated work trains that removed debris from subway tracks throughout the rescue and recovery effort.

A flashlight used by MTA electronic equipment maintainer Mario Galvet as he restored train and police radio communications in the dark tunnels below Ground Zero.

A TWU Local 100 medal awarded to MTA plumber Alan Grande, part of an annual tradition established to recognize transit workers who were injured or became ill because of their service at Ground Zero.

Together, these objects help pay tribute to the thousands of dedicated transit workers who contributed to the rescue and recovery efforts at the WTC site.

Collection 9/11 Memorial Museum, Gift of Dominick Spagnolo, TWU Local 100
Collection 9/11 Memorial Museum, Gift of Hector Soto, Jr.
Collection 9/11 Memorial Museum, Gift of Mario Galvet
Collection 9/11 Memorial Museum, Gift of Alan Grande

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