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Museum exhibit highlights impact of sports after 9-11

;91ƵComeback Season: Sports After 9-1191Ƶ explores how sports helped unite the country
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A new exhibit at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum highlights the impact of sports after the 2001 attacks.

91ƵComeback Season: Sports After 9-1191Ƶ explores how sports helped unite the country and features interviews with athletes, including Hall of Fame catcher Mike Piazza.

91ƵIn that first game back, the home team came back and won,91Ƶ said Piazza, whose two-run homer for the Mets won the game against Atlanta in New York91Ƶs first major sporting event after 9-11. 91ƵThat91Ƶs exactly the lesson the city, the country and the world needed to see that night.91Ƶ

Other New York athletes featured in oral histories and interviews include Bobby Valentine, Mark Messier and Vinny Testaverde.

9-11 Memorial & Museum president Alice M. Greenwald hopes visitors 91Ƶfeel inspired by stories about the best of humanity.91Ƶ

The Associated Press

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