![]() I was at Windows on the World in the north tower the day before the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and one week before Sept. “Because the outdoor memorial is fairly abstract - the two footprints of the original towers now rendered (as) weeping pools - as opposed to reflecting absence, we here (at the museum) try to recapture the presence … of the people, of the events of the day and the days that followed.” “And then … cross the bridge to think about the people who (were) affected.” Ramirez continues, “For those who knew the World Trade Center - and those who increasingly did not know the World Trade Center,” the museum first gives visitors an opportunity to “reckon with” the absence of an enormous physical place. So we’re actually … trying to present this history in the original cavity of the authentic site itself.” “In part, because we had to protect the vestiges of the site,” Ramirez explains, “and, in part, because the memorial was going to be our roof, (the museum) would be a largely a subterranean experience. ![]() It wasn’t until 2005, she tells me, when the mission of the museum became clear: “To be about the event itself, where it happened, to whom it happened and why it happened.” In fact, though the necessity of a memorial was realized quite early on, Ramirez says, “The notion of a museum to accompany that was something of a later-born child.” Of course, the museum is just one element of the complex. The war has since ended but the way 9/11 shaped my formative years sticks with me. It shaped a lot of my early memories of travel and my understanding of armed conflict as we entered into the war in Afghanistan. I’ve never really known a world without 9/11. Despite this, I still feel a deep connection to the human suffering that occurred on that day. I was only 3 years old when the tragedy unfolded on 9/11. 11) … its aftermath, or were not born yet, everyone is living today in a world that was shaped by what happened that day.” “(Visitors) are actually at this historic place where an event (happened) that would pretty much change the 21st century,” she continues, “whether you experienced (Sept. Visitors will “experience the authenticity of the site” and “understand the gravity of the response and all of the repercussions,” she explains. It was 8:46 a.m.Īnd it’s true that while we are at the museum, every generation is represented in the mix of visitors wandering around the halls and exhibits.īut Ramirez says that the mission of the museum remains the same, whether you remember Sept. On this particular day, I was enjoying the view of the city when we saw a flash and then smoke pouring from near the top of one of the twin towers. On clear, sunny days, this is a stunning drive since you can see all of the West Side of Manhattan directly across the Hudson River. And we’d talk about it again during an interview inside the museum: that unmissable, unforgettable, incongruous blue.ĭespite how beautiful the morning was, it was time to leave for work (from New Jersey). It is one of the first things Jan Ramirez, the chief curator and the executive vice president of collections at the museum, notes when she meets my colleague, Mimi Wright, and me outside the museum entrance. (Photo by Melanie Lieberman/The Points Guy) The air already has the quality of fall - thinner, cooler - and the sky is an impossibly bright blue. 11 Memorial and Museum on a recent day in late August. These are the questions I carry with me as my train from Jersey City, New Jersey, pulls into the World Trade Center station in New York City and I emerge from Brookfield Place, crossing West Street to reach the National Sept. 11, 2001, from becoming a footnote in a history book? How do you keep a memorial and museum from becoming just another tourist attraction? Some Claim To See Jesus or 'Ghost' In Clouds Of Mysterious 9/11 Tribute Photo Families of 9/11 Victims Protest Trump Hosting Saudi-Funded Golf Tournament Pilot Forgets to Secure Paraglider and Other Unforgettable Moments About Forgetting ‘America’s Got Talent’ Judges Amazed by Michigan School Shooting Survivor’s Audition Paraglider Kevin Philipp Nearly Dies After Wind Tangles His Lines in Spain WNBA Star Brittney Griner Sentenced to 9 Years in Russian Prison on Drug Possession Charge No One Claims Responsibility for 1.How do you keep a tragedy like Sept.
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