![]() In the room, we can see photos of people throwing themselves from the top of the towers… Fragment of one of the twin towers The Memorial exhibition Regarding the 2001 attack, fragments of the tower are exhibited, they broadcast a movie about the reconstruction of the tower… There’s also a room with a warning : it’s not for the faint of the heart. Ramzi Yousef, one of the mastermind behind the bombings, was sentenced to life imprisonment. A truck bomb exploded at 12:18pm, killing six people and injuring over one thousand. The historical exhibition reminds us that there had already been an attack targeting the World Trade Center on February 26th, 1993. The south tower collapsed at 9:59am, and the north tower collapsed at 10:28am. The pentagon was hit at 9:37am and the last plane crashed in the countryside at 10:03am. The north tower of World Trade Center was hit at 8:46am and the south tower at 9:03am. In this exhibition, there’s a timeline of the attack minute after minute. The last plane crashed in a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The last one was targeting the White House but crew members learned through phone calls what was going on and tried to seize control of the plane. ![]() Two of them crashed into the twin towers and one into the Pentagon. We learn again that four planes leaving Boston, Newark and Washington were hijacked by terrorists. First off the historical exhibition, telling in detail the chronology of September 11th, from the morning to the evening (interrupted TV news, planes crash, detailed description of rescue operations…). Foundation Hall The Historical exhibition ![]() It’s about 10 meters (32 ft.) high and you’ll find messages, souvenirs and posters put on it by rescue workers and family members of the deceased. We start our visit in the foundation hall, a huge room where you’ll find the last column, a steel pillar from the original World Trade Center. The 9/11 museum opened in May 2014, and it allows to find out in detail what happened that day through photos, videos, documents… The destroyed twin towers Foundation Hall ![]() The atmosphere is heavy, the place isn’t very lit, an uncomfortable silence overwhelms the place. The 9/11 museum is about 21 meters (70 feet) below ground. I give all the info at the end of the article, but let’s first visit the 9/11 museum. Those two beams of light are projected from 6pm to the sunrise the day after. They represent the two towers, and they’re visible from afar. From the memorial, two blue beams of light are projected in the sky. Credit : PixabayĮvery September 11th, there’s a ceremony for the victims’ families called tribune in light. Not far from the memorial, there’s also the survivor tree, a pear tree that somehow “survived” the attacks. On the plaza, they planted 415 oak trees to give a sense of hope and revival. Around the memorial, you’ll also find memorial plaza. Indeed, there’s a flower on the victims’ name who were supposed to celebrate their birthday that day. On some names, you’ll see sometimes a flower. Those two attacks created in total 2983 victims.Īround the two pools, you’ll find the names of all the victims. It’s a tribute to the victims of the September 11 attacks but also the February 26th, 1993 attack. The 9/11 memorial opened on September 11th, 2011, meaning exactly ten years after the attacks, in the presence of Barack Obama, George W. The memorial was designed by architects Michael Arad and Peter Walker. The construction of the 9/11 memorial started in August 2006. Those are two pools measuring 54 meters (176 feet) by 54 meters, meaning slightly smaller than the towers’ actual footprints (69% of the original size). As I said, the 9/11 memorial is located where the twin towers were.
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