今年是911恐怖袭击事件的二十五周年。我身后的美国国家历史博物馆当时在事发后不久就派出了工作人员前往事发现场,包括纽约世贸中心、 the Pentagon(五角大楼)还有宾夕法尼亚州的坠机现场,去收集现场的一些实物,并把它们保存下来。现在博物馆把一些馆藏的实物展示出来,把它们放在桌上,让人们近距离接触,而不是把它远远地放在橱窗后面。还有博物馆的工作人员分享他们当时去收集这些实物的时候的一些亲历的故事。以这样的机会来回顾那场改变了美国,也深刻影响了世界的灾难。
莉莉·菲森特,华盛顿特区居民。老实说,我现在都想哭了。我 wasn't expecting to see it and I started to cry right now. So it brought up a lot of emotions, it brought back memories of those days. I lived in Westchester County, New York, as a school teacher and I remember that day, I remember finding out about it. I went to a bunch of funerals of parents who had died in the tower crash and uh, yeah, so it's magnificent that they still do this. It's important. It's important to remember and to bring it up.