The Medical College organized a special panel discussion on Sept. 20 for Weill Cornell students to give them an opportunity to express their thoughts and questions about the many implications of the terrorist destruction of the World Trade Center. Members of the panel were (from left) Dr. Antonio Gotto, dean of the Medical College; Dr. Neal Flomenbaum, professor of medicine and emergency physician-in-chief at the Medical Center; Dr. Joseph Fins, professor of medicine and director of medical ethics; Rev. Curtis Hart, director of the Pastoral Care and Education Department; Dr. JoAnn Difede, assistant professor of psychology in psychiatry and an expert on post-traumatic stress disorder; and Dr. Yassin El-Ayouty, an expert on the politics of the Middle East and Africa. The program was moderated by Dr. Carol Storey-Johnson, senior associate dean for education.
An interfaith memorial service for the victims of the disaster was held at the Medical Center on Sept. 12. The memorial service was organized by the Pastoral Care and Education Department.
A memorial display honoring the three paramedic service staff who are among the "missing" victims of the World Trade Center disaster: Keith Fairben, James Pappageorge and Mario Santoro.
Viewing the many posters of "missing" victims placed by family and friends at the Hospital entrance. Staff of the Hospital's Social Work Department worked at the lobby Information Desk until midnight after the disaster to receive missing-person information from family and friends looking for loved ones.
The flag at half-staff at the Hospital entrance.
Heightened security checks of visitors at all Medical Center entrances.
A special blood donation station at the Medical Center received several hundred units of blood over three days.