NEW YORK (AP) — In a story Sept. 12 about seedlings from a tree at the World Trade Center, The Associated Press misspelled the word for a tree that survived the World Trade Center attacks. It is a callery pear tree, not a celery pear tree.
A corrected version of the story is below:
NYC’s 9/11 ‘Survivor Tree’ seedlings donated
6-foot seedlings from NYC’s 9/11 ‘Survivor Tree’ to be donated to 3 sites across the country
NEW YORK (AP) — Seedlings from a callery pear tree recovered from the smoldering ashes at the World Trade Center are headed to sites of tragedy in Washington, Mississippi and Texas.
The National September 11 Memorial & Museum says Friday six-foot seedlings from the 9/11 Memorial’s “Survivor Tree” will be sent to Oso, Washington, Gulfport, Mississippi and Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas.
In Washington, a mudslide killed dozens in March; in Texas, victims were shot at Fort Hood in 2009 and in April; and hundreds died during Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Memorial President Joe Daniels says in a statement an e-book about the tree narrated by actress Whoopi Goldberg has also been published.
A Stamford, Connecticut-based tree company harvested seeds from the callery pear and high school students in Queens care for the seedlings.
