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 PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 2013
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Contact: Gary Green
(212) 422-3520 x 141
(347) 452-3663 mobile
ggreen@tributetwtc.org
September 11th Emergency Medical Response and Disaster
Preparedness Discussion at 9/11 Tribute Center
The 9/11 Tribute Center will host a presentation on September 11th Emergency Medical Response and Disaster Preparedness by Antonio Dajer, M.D., Chairman of Emergency Medicine at NY Downtown Hospital on Monday, January 14, at 6:30 p.m. at the Center, 120 Liberty Street in downtown Manhattan.
Dr. Dajer will discuss the remarkable response of NY Downtown Hospital on September 11, 2001. As the sole attending physician on duty that morning, Dr. Dajer took part in the largest single-hospital disaster response in American history. Dr. Dajer will describe how the hospital responded that morning, and the work he and others on the staff have done for disaster preparedness since. He will highlight the successes and suggest areas in which the whole community needs to improve its readiness.
The little known story of NY Downtown Hospital on 9/11 is the subject of a British film, 9/11 Emergency Room, which was aired in September 2012. Dr. Dajer will show brief segments of the film to illustrate the drama that unfolded as survivors fled from the World Trade Center only four blocks away.
Dr. Antonio J. Dajer was born in New York City and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He attended Harvard College and NYU Medical School. Since 1992 he has been an attending in the Emergency Department at NY Downtown Hospital. In 2007 the American College of Emergency Physicians named Dr. Dajer a "Hero of Emergency Medicine" for his role on 9/11.
The event is open to the public. Due to a limited number of spaces, please RSVP to rsvp@tributewtc.org if you plan to attend.
About the 9/11 Tribute Center
The 9/11 Tribute Center is located at 120 Liberty Street along the south side of the World Trade Center site. The center was created by the September 11th Families' Association to share the personal stories of victims, survivors, rescue and recovery workers, volunteers, and residents of Lower Manhattan. By engaging visitors in the authentic experiences of those most affected by the events of February 26, 1993 and September 11, 2001, the center's five galleries and its walking tour program convey the courage, grief, and heroism of those who responded to the tragedy and the steps taken towards working for a more peaceful world by many of those impacted by the events.
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