WEBVTT NOTE recognizability 0.985 NOTE language en-us 00:00:01.280 --> 00:00:05.323 How do you teach about the 9/11 attacks to a generation that wasn't 00:00:05.323 --> 00:00:07.189 even born yet when it happened? 00:00:08.870 --> 00:00:13.576 For a teenager today, the 2001 attacks on New York and Washington and 00:00:13.576 --> 00:00:16.834 the aftermath like the American invasion of Afghanistan, are 00:00:16.834 --> 00:00:20.454 something you learn about in school books or on television. 00:00:21.910 --> 00:00:27.032 It can be very different to learn it directly from someone who was 00:00:27.032 --> 00:00:31.760 actually there. I lives in this building right here and at this 00:00:31.760 --> 00:00:36.094 museum in Lower Manhattan. The 9/11 Tribute Museum, Joan Master Polo 00:00:36.094 --> 00:00:41.610 is trying to do exactly that with a group of students from Salem OR. 00:00:45.800 --> 00:00:50.233 I watched as American Airlines Flight 11 approached the north tower 00:00:50.233 --> 00:00:55.472 so the mission of this museum is actually quite simple. Our goal here 00:00:55.472 --> 00:01:00.711 is to share history through the stories of the people who were here 00:01:00.711 --> 00:01:05.547 on 9/11 who experienced what happened here on 9/11 and for those 00:01:05.547 --> 00:01:11.189 families who lost their loved ones here on 9/11, we don't have a lot 00:01:11.189 --> 00:01:16.025 of artifacts as you can see, I always like to say that. 00:01:16.290 --> 00:01:19.370 Our artifacts are really the heart and 00:01:19.370 --> 00:01:22.450 soul of our people and their stories. 00:01:23.560 --> 00:01:26.882 We watched at least one student on the verge of tears. 00:01:28.140 --> 00:01:30.150 Not all of this is easy. 00:01:32.050 --> 00:01:38.350 People cry on pretty much every one of my tours, but let's face it, 00:01:38.350 --> 00:01:44.650 the topic of September 11th is not. It's not an easy topic of happy 00:01:44.650 --> 00:01:49.150 Times. They're all smiling. They're all the 9/11 Tribute museum 00:01:49.150 --> 00:01:54.550 focuses on the stories of those who directly lived through the events 00:01:54.550 --> 00:01:59.050 from victims to first responders, with walking tours, gallery's film 00:01:59.050 --> 00:02:02.650 and oral history. From volunteers like Master Polo. 00:02:04.320 --> 00:02:09.030 For the Oregon students, like Ian Crites, Gillian Rodriguez, Lentz 00:02:09.030 --> 00:02:12.798 and Mia Thorington here, some say it's surreal. 00:02:13.900 --> 00:02:17.860 It's just it sucks like everyone lost something that day. Whether 00:02:17.860 --> 00:02:21.820 it's just a house or a family member and they just. 00:02:22.640 --> 00:02:28.055 It hurts to see that, and I feel really bad for anyone that had to 00:02:28.055 --> 00:02:32.387 lose someone or something important to them. I've seen like videos of 00:02:32.387 --> 00:02:37.080 it from school and whatnot, but seeing it being it in person, I'm 00:02:37.080 --> 00:02:41.412 seeing pictures of people who lost their lives as a whole different 00:02:41.412 --> 00:02:44.661 thing and it just was really hard to see. 00:02:46.210 --> 00:02:52.105 I wasn't alive during that time, but yeah, it is sad to see like how 00:02:52.105 --> 00:02:56.428 many people lost their lives just doing like their everyday thing, 00:02:56.428 --> 00:02:58.393 working or just walking by. 00:02:59.240 --> 00:03:03.104 I feel positive, more like caring about like there's lots of people 00:03:03.104 --> 00:03:07.934 that did make it and lots of people are are OK and that the people 00:03:07.934 --> 00:03:10.510 that didn't their families are still cherishing them. 00:03:11.930 --> 00:03:15.794 I've always when I was younger I wanted to go into the 00:03:15.794 --> 00:03:19.014 Air Force after high school and after hearing her story 00:03:19.014 --> 00:03:20.302 and seeing other people. 00:03:21.890 --> 00:03:25.910 Passed away or not passed away, but seeing their pictures, it really 00:03:25.910 --> 00:03:31.270 wants me to go into the mill or yeah military even more now and if I 00:03:31.270 --> 00:03:34.955 can protect someone from passing away or dying without seeing a 00:03:34.955 --> 00:03:38.640 friend or family one last time, then I'll gladly do that. 00:03:40.870 --> 00:03:46.850 It is so important that we pass this history to the next generation, 00:03:46.850 --> 00:03:53.750 whether it be through us and we, we will. We will be here to continue 00:03:53.750 --> 00:03:58.350 our stories, but we're really passionate about ensuring that these 00:03:58.350 --> 00:04:02.030 students learn through their schools through education about 00:04:02.030 --> 00:04:07.550 September 11th. Because this is part of our history. The worst attack 00:04:07.550 --> 00:04:11.230 on US soil. We cannot let this go. 00:04:11.470 --> 00:04:17.580 Forgotten and so for us there is a strong passion about ensuring that 00:04:17.580 --> 00:04:22.750 the younger generation picks up this knowledge and brings it forward. 00:04:22.750 --> 00:04:26.980 As you know, as we continue to get older.