The 9-11 Memorial is dedicated to the victims of the September 11 attacks of 2001, which killed approximately 3,000 people. The memorial is located at the World Trade Center site, on the former location of the Twin Towers, which were destroyed during the attacks. The names of every person who died in the terrorist attacks of February 26, 1993 and September 11, 2001 are inscribed in bronze around the twin memorial pools.