25 Years Later: The Lessons and Legacy of September 11, 2001


6:00 p.m. EST 
JFK Jr. Forum, Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge, MA

About the Event

Co-sponsored with the Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School, the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, and the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy

A panel of experts reflect on the legacy of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Join moderator Meghan O’Sullivan in conversation with Joe Pfeiffer, the first Chief of the New York Fire Department to respond to the World Trade Center on 9/11; former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen; and Nancy Gibbs, whose Time Magazine piece “If You Want to Humble an Empire” won the National Magazine Award.

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Speakers

Joseph Pfeiffer

Harvard Kennedy School Senior Fellow; First NYFD Chief to Respond to WTC on 9/11; Author of "Ordinary Heroes: A Memoir of 9/11"

Admiral Mike Mullen

Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff (2007-2011)

Nancy Gibbs

Director, Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy

Meghan O’Sullivan (moderator)

Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

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