September 11th Museum and Memorial Field Trip

On Thursday, October 23rd, a group of students took a trip to visit the September 11th Museum and Memorial in New York City as part of a field trip for the Replacement History class with Mrs. Dilworth. We are going to share some photos we took and some thoughts about our experience visiting the museum and memorial.

Pictures we took on our trip: 

The Survivor Staircase  (taken by Mrs. Boccia)

Steel from Point of Impact (taken by Mrs. Boccia)

The Freedom Tower (taken by Mrs. Boccia)

The picture below was taken by Erin.  "The picture I chose was a piece of an antenna from the North Tower of the World Trade Center.  The reason why I chose this picture is because it was a biggest piece of the antenna from the North Tower. This piece was recovered after the buildings collapsed. The antenna was meant to stop lightning from hitting the building. It absorbs the lightning bolt from the cloud."

The picture below is of The Final Column, and it was chosen by Shane. "I choose a picture of the last column of the WTC because there were police officers and firefighters who died trying to save people. One of them was a friend of my mom and dad, and his name was Michael Francis Lynch. He met my dad in 1988 when he was in college over the summer. During the attack he was trying to save a woman who was in the South Tower, when the South Tower collapsed both him and the woman were killed."

The picture below was chosen by Linus. "The artist is Spencer Finch. He chose blue tiles to represent the color of the sky that day. There are 2,983 individual squares to represent every person killed in the 9/11 attacks and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. I chose this picture because of the quote by Virgil and the color."*

 

The picture below was chosen by Danny. "My picture is of the 9/11 Memorial Museum exhibit of the faces of the people who were killed in the Twin Towers. It is interesting to see the faces of the people who were killed. When we see the face, we get to know who the person was."*

This picture below was chosen by Chris. "My picture is of the reflecting pool. The memorial shows the names of the people who died in the attacks. I like the picture because it shows respect to those who died.  The red roses layed next to the reflecting pool where the towers used to be."*

The picture below was taken by Stan. 

"I picked this structure because it's the most important part in 9/11 and a major installation.

This steel structure was part of the world trade center in the two buildings. It is from the South Tower. The planes caused a lot of damage and the fuel and heat may have caused the steel to bend."*

This picture below was taken by Sam. "The picture I sent you is a helmet that once belonged to a Fireman called Captain Patrick John Brown. He wore the helmet on September 11th and he didn't make it out of the buildings alive. It reminds me of how the firefighters helped with the rescue."*

Final thoughts from the class: 
This field trip helped us to learn about what really happened during the September 11th attacks. It was upsetting to see all the lives that were lost. It was scary to see what the attack was like. We learned about the sacrifice of the firefighters who saved so many people and gave up their own lives to save others.

*Indicates teacher support in developing this response