今年是911恐怖襲擊事件的二十五週年。我身後的美國國家歷史博物館當時在事發後不久就派出了工作人員前往事發現場,包括紐約世貿中心、 the Pentagon(五角大樓)還有賓夕法尼亞州的墜機現場,去收集現場的一些實物,並把它們儲存下來。現在博物館把一些館藏的實物展示出來,把它們放在桌上,讓人們近距離接觸,而不是把它遠遠地放在櫥窗後面。還有博物館的工作人員分享他們當時去收集這些實物的時候的一些親歷的故事。以這樣的機會來回顧那場改變了美國,也深刻影響了世界的災難。
莉莉·菲森特,華盛頓特區居民。老實說,我現在都想哭了。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.