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At a press conference on October 20, Governor George E. Pataki and the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation announced significant progress on fundraising to build the memorial at the World Trade Center site.

As part of the announcement, Governor Pataki recognized the New York Building Foundation, represented by Building Foundation and Building Congress President Richard T. Anderson, as one of the earliest supporters of the Memorial fundraising effort.

The Building Foundation’s contribution of $50,000 was the final payment from its own World Trade Center Memorial Fund, which was established shortly after September 11, 2001. Altogether, almost $500,000 was received and distributed from the Fund, which helped support family members of building industry workers who perished on 9/11, as well as family members of the City’s emergency responders.

“The inspiration for this fund was the overwhelming desire expressed by many of our colleagues to help those in our industry and beyond who were harmed by the terrorist attacks,” said Building Foundation Chairman John F. Hennessy III. “We are grateful for the generosity of all of the Fund’s donors and heartened by the knowledge that our gifts have provided some measure of support and remembrance for the families of victims.”