Location: National September 11 Memorial & Museum
Name: Survivor Tree (note: there is a tree of the same name that survived the 1995 Oklahoma City’s bombing)
Genus/species: Pyrus Calleryana
Common name: Callery Pear
Age: Unknown, but it has been part of the memorial since December 2010
Submitted by: Joshua Ingrowski
Joshua says: Pulled from the rumble of Ground Zero, this tree was merely a charred stump with little life left in it. The tree was rescued and nursed back to health for over nine years. Once the director of design and construction at the memorial tracked down the tree at the Parks Department nursery in the Bronx, he and the horticulturist who cared for the tree planned its return. There is a short documentary titled “The Tree That Will Not Be Broken” chronicling the journey of the tree—very powerful!
