Episode Transcript
Welcome to this bonus episode of Inspiring Discussions. I'm your host,
Ashley Jane, and I just want to thank you all
for tuning in because this is a cannot miss episode
where I would discuss nine to eleven and why you
all should check out the nine to eleven memorial in museum.
So let's get into it. So as we all know,
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September eleventh, two thousand and one will always be a
traghed today we will never forget and the day that
will always remain in a very dark moment in America history.
And at the time this happened, I had just made
eight years old a month prior, and I was getting
ready for school, and I was in third grade, and
I believe I started school at around nine am, So
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I want to say I was getting ready for school,
let around eight o'clock or eight fifteen. So after I
got dressed, I remember going to my Auntie's room and
she had the news on and I saw smoke coming
out of both of the towers. I said, and it
said alive on the upper right side of the TV.
I'm sorry, it said alive on the upper left side
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of the TV. And at that time I didn't know
what was going on. So I just remember being confused
the whole entire morning because I didn't understand at that
time we were under.
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Attack by terrorists.
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So I still went to school that morning because I
guess my mom didn't receive a phone call from my
school about anything, so I guess at that time it
was safe for me to go to school. But once
I got to school, it just didn't seem like a
regular school day because there were teachers that were very concerned,
and I don't think we did any school work either.
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But I do remember my mom picking me up early
from school since she had left work early, and I
think I had asked her, what's going on? Why are
you picking me up early? And I think my mom
said it's because it's a lot going on right now,
And that was pretty much all I remember that day.
But as I got older and I watched a lot
of documentaries about it, I learned that we were definitely
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under attack that day by a group of terrorists, and
I learned that they were trying to destroy the White
House or the Capitol building after hijacking a plane that
eventually crashed the Pennsylvania after the passengers were trying to
fight against the terrorists to stop them from crashing the
plane into either the White House or Capitol Hill. Oh,
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I'm start or the Capitol building. And I learned that
the youngest victim was two years old that perished in
the attacks and etc. So it was definitely a tragedy.
And five years later after attack, after the attacks, they
started working on the nine to eleven memorial in the museum,
And in two thousand and eleven the memorial was complete
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and it became open to the public. And then twenty
fourteen the museum was complete and it also became available
to the public. And the One World Trade Center was
also under construction in six and was complete and open
to the public in twenty fourteen, and and the Observatory
was complete in twenty fifteen. So this year marks ten
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years that the museum and the One World Trade Center
has been open to the public. But last month I
did visit NYC, and I did go to the memorial
in the museum, and I'm gonna say it was very
well put together, and you could tell that they had
put so much effort in it as well.
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But what really hit me.
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The most was seeing all of those names that was
engraved on the fountains where the towers used to stand,
and to know that it's about almost three thousand names
that's engraved, you know, included the names of the people
that perish in the Pentagon and United Flight ninety three
and all of the other planes that crashed to the
twin towers. So see, that made me realize how many
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lives were tragically lost and that you cannot take anything
for granted. And it was also sad to see some
of the women who were pregnant names listed in the
way they had had them listed on the fountains. It
just basically said the woman's name, and they also listed
with her unborn trial. So that was tragic to see,
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knowing that those babies would have been young adults today.
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But the way they did.
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The fountains was very nice because the waterfalls did ask
some kind of peace to the area, so that.
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Was nice to see. And then that's when me and
me and the rest of my relatives winning sat at
the museum.
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And they do require everyone to go through metal detectors
and to put their bags through the machine so they
could keep the property and the people safe. So there
are two floors to the museum, and the first floor
just had a lot of artifacts, and they had the
last column, which was part of the steal from the
South tower, that had the names of first responders written
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on it, and they also had pictures of the victims
that were affected by the attacks, and they had hats
and uniforms.
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That belonged to the firefighters, and then they had.
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The fire trucks and police cars that had got damaged
that day too, And they also had the survivor stairs,
which were the stairs that people in the building used
to escape in etc. And the second floor was just
basically just basically had more artifacts. But what really made
the museum interested was having this section of the museum
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that showed you everything that happened that day. So when
you first entered the room, that show a video clip
of the first plane hit in the North tower, and
as you walk further into the room, you could hear
all of the.
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Now one one phone calls that was being made that day.
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And they even had that even showed laugh news footage
of the attacks and the reaction of the reporters.
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And there were also more artifacts that.
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They're such as items people lost or used during the attacks,
and one item that really caught my attention was a
red bandana that was the side of a vault and
a bandana was used by this name by this man
named Wells Crother, who.
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Was a stock trader who happened to be.
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A volunteer firefighter at the time to cover his mouth
and nose to protect.
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Him from inhaling the smoke.
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And he had saved eighteen people that was in the
South Tower because he was working in that tower on
one hundred and fourth floor by leading. He had led
people to a stairway to help escape out of the building,
and he also helped the people that were wounded.
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He fought back flames.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
For fire extinguishers, and he carried a lady on his
shoulders down seventeen flights of stairs, leading her to safety,
and he made three trips to save as many people
as possible into the building collapsed, and he basically passed
away in that event too, at just twenty four years old,
to help out to help others out, which made him
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a hero that day. And I'm going to say after
reading his story, it was definitely touching and inspiring, and
he was very courageous as well. And this just goes
to show you that there are still some good people
out here in the world, and Wales just happened to
be one of the good people that day that did
a ho war withdeed and his story just represents bravery, courage,
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strength and determination and those were definitely foreign qualities that
Wales exhibit on that day, becoming a hero too many.
And there are books about him on Amazon that you
could read yourself or you could read to your kids,
because there are because there is a kids book about
him that was written by his sister, Honor Crowther Fagan,
and it was illustrated by his uncle, John M. Crowther,
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So it would definitely so I would definitely leave that
info in the box. And in two thousand and six
he was named the Honorary New York City Firefighter. And
he has a race that's named after him at Boston College,
which was the college that he attended, and that's held
every October. And he also has a Across Humanitarian Award
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for players in the league who has made a strong
impact in the community and many more. And he also
played lacrosse at Boston College as well. So his legacy
will forever live on and I will never forget his
story as well, because of how powerful it was. And
another fact that caught my attention was to type of
medications and the hailers people had to use after being
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exposed and affected by the smoke and dust from the towers.
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And as years passed, I heard.
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Some stories about people getting sick, developing respiratory issues or
even dying from nine to eleven related illnesses and to
know the amount of medications people had to take just
to live somewhat of a normal life. And the fact
and the last fact that caught my eye was the
method shoes to use by forensic scientists to identify the
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bodies of the victims that perished in the attacks, and
it was stated that they used DNA so they could
take a sample from the victim and compare it to
something that has the victims DNA on it, whether it
could be a toothbrush or a raisor and then they
had another way that they could identify a person that's
by a parent and then their DNA to someone in
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their family like their parents, children and sometimes sibilings.
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And also the rescue dogs.
Speaker 1 (09:21):
The search or rescue dogs also played an important role
of identifying those victims too, because if it wasn't for
those search or rescue dogs, I don't think a lot
of people would have gotten recovered. And I think the
last search or rescue dog of nine to eleven had
just passed away in twenty and sixteen at the age
of sixteen years.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
Old, so you know that. I mean, it was sad
to see that, but the least.
Speaker 1 (09:43):
She served to a purpose in those other search and
rescue dogs served their purpose too by helping out the
forensic scientists with identifying some of the people. So that
was definitely a learning experience for me because that was
my first question that always cushed my that always crossed
my mind was how were they able to identify the bodies.
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Of the victims that perish?
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But after reading about it, my question was finally answered.
So overall, visiting the memorial in the museum was definitely
a learning experience. And even though it's a tragic day
to relive, but after seeing everything that I saw that
day just put a lot into perspective and it just
taught me that you can't take life for granted. You know,
show love to the people you care about and help
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out when needed. And the people that was affected by
nine to eleven, you know, they were just basically normal
people just like us who had families who woke up
that morning, probably ain't breakfast that morning. Then God trust
a left home to go to work, just to make
a living like we do each and every day. And
I'm sure they planned on going back home that day
later on that day today, families and then the other
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victims that were on the planes, they were just shrying
to get to their destinations and handle their business so
they could get on with their day. And the pilots
and flight attendants were were just doing their jobs too,
so again they could just make a living, and then
for something tragic like that to happen, it's just heartbreaking.
And I was watching some documentaries about United Flight ninety
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three that crashed the Pennsylvania and once the passages knew
that the plane was hijacked, and they had already had
a feeling that they were not going to return home,
so they just started calling their loved ones, letting them
know the situation, telling them they loved them, and telling.
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Them their final goodby. So you know, that was beyond.
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Devastating, knowing that there was nothing they can do and
nothing their families can do to get them off the plane.
So now the level was definitely a sad and traumatic
day for all Americans, and still to this day, a
lot of people are still affected by the attacks, and
I'm sure a lot of people still go to therapy
to this day, especially the cope of losing a loved
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one that was involved and to cope with surviving the attacks.
And my heart and prayers definitely goes out to all
of the victims that perished in their family and to
the victims that survived the attacks, because I know for
sure they would never be the same again. At the
witness and the attacks up close, you know, as the
planes hit the buildings, as the buildings came down, and
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the aftermath with the survivors being covered in dust and
the breeze. So overall, I would definitely recommend you are
just the Please please check out the memorial in the
museum because you are going to learn and see a
lot there. And you could also schedule a tour of
the museum where they could give you where they would
give you headphones to listen to the audio about each artifact,
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or you can have an actual person there to do
a loud tour with you, or you could just see
it all see it on your own, so you do
have choices, but we basically did them onto where we
just walked around and we just saw everything on our own.
But the museum is very organized and was very well
put together.
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And I also forgot to.
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Mention that around the memorial there's a tree called the
Savivatory Survive the attacks.
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But I heard once the tree was found under the rubble, it.
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Was badly burned and lifeless, but they decided to nurse
it back to health at the New York City Department
of Parks and Recreation in the Bronx, and once the
tree was healthy again, they bought it to the memorial site,
which was cool. And the tree basically represents resilience, survival,
and rebirth, which makes the trees more special and significant.
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So I would definitely recommend visiting this place. And it's
also a way to pay respect to those that lost
their lives. And they do have a gift shop there
where you can buy souvenirs and books that represent nine
to eleven and the funds do go towards a good
cause as well. And I will leave all of that
info about the memorial in the museum and the box
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as well.
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So rest and peace, So rest in.
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Peace, to all of the two thousand, now one hundred
and seventy seven victims of nine to eleven.
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So that's gonna do it.
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For this bonus epic sort of aspiring Discussions, I hope I.
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Was able to inspire you all to go and check out.
Speaker 1 (14:05):
The nine to eleven Museum and Memorial because trust me,
you will definitely, definitely learn a lot of things you
didn't know.
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Now, please check out Inspire and Discussions episode.
Speaker 1 (14:14):
Twenty four, And if anyone is interested, I do have
to merch on my website and I believe that info
in a box as well. And again, my heart and
prayers go out to all of the families of the
victims and the survivors of nine to eleven. And again,
thank you all so much for tuning in. Stay safe,
and God bless you all.
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