Sunday, September 7, 2014

The 9/11 Museum

9/11 Museum Shows SEAL’s Shirt From Bin Laden Raid  blaad"The shirt a Navy SEAL wore in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden and a special coin given to a CIA officer who played a key role in finding him are being displayed at the Sept. 11 museum, adding potent symbols of the terrorist attacks’ aftermath days before their anniversary. The items are going on view Sunday at the ground zero museum, where leaders see them as an important and moving addition to a collection that often uses personal artifacts to explore the events and impact of 9/11."...  From Yeshiva World

9/11: Events of the Day
 
"The attacks on September 11, 2001 were one of the most watched and documented tragedies in history. The  9/11 Memorial Museum collection contains personal items and artifacts, accompanied by accounts of the day and stories of heroism, courage, survival and loss. Here are some of the stories that will be shared with visitors and preserved in the collection to honor the lives of the nearly 3,000 victims of the September 11, 2001 and February 26, 1993 terrorist attacks."

  "Follow an interactive timeline of the nine-month recovery effort at the World Trade Center site. The timeline contains images, audio and video, as well as first-person accounts that are part of the 9/11 Memorial Museum’s permanent collection.

"Please note: The timeline contains some graphic images and sensitive content due to the nature of the events related to the 9/11 attacks and the aftermath." Graphic and terrible
 
Recovery Stories  "Immediately after the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York City, at the Pentagon and the Flight 93 crash site in Somerset County, Pa., rescue and recovery efforts began. Here are some stories from that day and the weeks and months to follow."

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