Today was the day we went to the 9/11 memorial with a guided tour. Our tour guides name was James, who has experienced 9/11, and even lost people he cared about in the process.
James gave us a background story for his experience during 9/11. He Said there was three stages in understanding 9/11, and the whole essens of being a New Yorker doing that time. First thing was that people in New York experiences lots of loss. You can know people one day, and then they could just disappear the next.
When we got to the freedom tower (a rebuilt contruction of the twin Towers).The freedom tower had a more specific look because of it’s edges. James explained to us that it’s a symbol of the Two Towers combined in one. It almost looks like they are twisted around eachother.
Next up was “the oculus”, which is right next to the freedom tower. When you are inside of this incredible building and you look up, you can see the freedom tower through the glas in the ceiling, like you see it from the eye.
At the 9/11 memorial, James showed us the old twin towers and the names of people who lost their lives during 9/11, which really was an eyeopener!
We learned that if it’s one of the victims birthday, there will be a white rose by his or her name.
The tour came to and end, and we attend to 9/11 museum, and it was an experience of its own. So many people died during 9/11, and the museum was a really good way of show honor and respect to the once who died. You could see the faces of those who lost their lives, and it wasn’t allowed to take any photos, but is was so sad and nerve racking to see all those people who lost their lives.
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