The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration held a ceremony on the 25th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, adding two names to its 9/11 memorial honoring law enforcement officers who died from illnesses related to their work at Ground Zero.
The ceremony at DEA Headquarters marked the addition of New York State Police Investigator Anthony B. Ashe, who died on November 4, 2024, and New York City Police Department Detective James J. Motto, who died on January 12, 2025, to the memorial, which the agency dedicated in 2022.
The memorial now bears nine names of officers who died from illnesses or diseases related to their work responding to the attacks. In addition to Ashe and Motto, the names include New York State Police Senior Investigator Thomas G. Moran, Jr.; New York City Police Department Detective Traci L. Tack-Czajkowski; New York State Police Investigator Paul R. Stuewer; New York City Police Department Detectives Mark Mkwanazi, Thomas J. Barnitt, and Terence P. Mulvey; and New York City Police Department Sergeant Robert P. Masci.
The ceremony also marked the opening of a new limited-run museum exhibit. For the first time, the DEA Museum is displaying artifacts connected to all three attack locations on September 11 — the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and the crash site of United Flight 93 near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The exhibit features images, firsthand accounts, and artifacts including rubble from the Pentagon, metal recovered from the World Trade Center, and objects from the Flight 93 crash site.
The exhibit chronicles DEA's response to the attacks, including assistance at the Pentagon and Ground Zero, Aviation Division missions transporting blood supplies and conducting flights over Ground Zero, and the service of more than 1,000 DEA Special Agents who volunteered for temporary assignments as Federal Air Marshals. The exhibit will remain on display through October 3, 2026. The DEA Museum and Visitors Center is located at 700 Army Navy Drive in Arlington, Virginia, and is free and open to the public Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.