In the still of the night, after the thousands of daily visitors have gone home, Jim Maroon and his team of custodians care for the 9/11 Memorial in what they consider "more than a job."

Ahead of the 24-year anniversary of Sept. 11, Maroon gave TODAY's Craig Melvin a rare glimpse into the overnight shift in which custodians care for the solemn memorial. The site in New York City remembers those lost in the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in 1993 and 2001.

"It’s more than a job because I’m doing it for the 3,000 that lost their lives and everybody around the world that sees this, and sees that this is not a disaster anymore," Maroon said on TODAY. "It’s a future, and it’s a bright future."

The names of 2,983 people who lost their lives in the two attacks are carved in bronze

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