9 11紀念博物館向公衆開放
A museum memorializing the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York has opened to the public.
The opening ceremony for the new museum was capped off by the unfurling of the 9/11 Flag, which was hanging from a building near the World Trade Center on the fateful day. Dennis Deters of the New York Says Thank You Foundation says it was found a couple of days later.
Deters said, "It belongs here in New York. It's part of the terrible day that happened but yet it's part of the rebuilding of America and I think that's what the museum is trying to show."
The museum features prominent videos of the twin towers collapsing, photos of people falling from them, portraits of nearly 3-thousand victims and voicemail messages from people in hijacked planes.
Ambient sounds of emergency radio transmissions and victims calling home are interspersed with the calmer tones of survivors recounting the day.
Todd Fine, a visitor from Washington D.C., says it evokes a powerful and emotional response. Fine said, "The museum is emotionally overwhelming. I mean its explosions, people jumping out of buildings, it's raw. It is part of our lives. I don't know if I am even prepared to deal with it. I mean, you're going to be crying in the museum. I cried on several occasions."
More than 42-thousand 9/11 victims' relatives, survivors, rescuers and recovery workers have already visited the museum, which opened to them last week.紀念2001年9月11日紐約遭恐怖襲擊的一個博物館向公衆開放。
新博物館的開館儀式以展開一面9-11旗幟結束。9月11日發生災難的那天這旗子懸掛在世貿中心附近一座大樓外面。“紐約感謝你基金會”的迪特斯說，旗子是9-11事件兩天後發現的。
迪特斯說： “它屬於紐約，它是那可怕的日子的一部分，但也是重建美國努力的一部分。這就是紀念博物館要向人們展示的。”
博物館重點收藏了世貿雙子塔倒塌的視頻、人們跳樓的照片、近3000名遇難者的遺像以及被劫持客機上乘客的語音留言。
緊急無線電通話和遇難者往家裏打電話的聲音成了博物館的背景音響，穿插其中的是倖存者用相對平穩的語調講述災難發生的情景。
來自首都華盛頓的參觀者凡恩說，博物館引起強大的感情反響。凡恩說：“博物館讓人情感震撼。爆炸聲、跳樓的情景。這都是些活生生的畫面，是我們生活的一部分。我不知道我是不是能承受這些。我的意思是，你會在博物館裏哭出來。我就哭了好幾次。”
博物館上星期首先對9-11事件遇難者家人、倖存者、救援人員開放，其中的4萬2千多人蔘觀了博物館。
