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Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
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Unique
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| Thu, Apr 16 11:00 AM |
davidkirkham |
Male |
40-49 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| My wife and I, from The UK, visited GZMW on our previous visit to New York in December '07 and on returning we just had to bring our daughter to the museum this time. She is 17 and the events of 911 are one of her vivid memories of childhood and on this day she became aware of the real world. She was very moved by her experience of GZMW and was fortunate to meet Gary Suson as well. We were on an action packed vacation in The US including Las Vegas and she stated the GZMW was the highlight of her holiday. |
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I didn't know what to expect
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| Mon, Apr 13 2:00 PM |
dougt1204 |
Male |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| As part of my family trip to NYC I wanted to see ground zero since our last family trip was in 2000 and our christmas card was my daughters at Ellis Island with the twin towers in the background. I didn't know about the museum, but found it on my websearch. It was not until the point in checking out that I realized it wasn't near the site! I did feel somewhat leery that I had been scammed and when I saw the directions to the meat packing district and going to a second floor I thought I was right. Well I was wrong. Once we entered the video was just starting and after that ended I saw what was an intimate area was full of images and stories. My daughters and I stayed for around and hour and half and have recommended it to our New York friends who didn't know it existed.
Doug Thompson, Claremont, CA |
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NEVER FORGET/ this Museum Workshop does just that
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| Mon, Apr 13 12:00 PM |
amstinchcomb |
Female |
40-49 |
Local |
Group of Friends |
| This is history in the making NOW. Persons of all ages should not miss this sensitve, personal account of human beings joining together from all over our nation to lend a hand in whatever one could do. What I appreciated about this workshop/tour is that there's only 20 per tour. The room is small where you watch videos as well as see/feel what is left of the glass, papers, personal belongings etc. It's really uncanny how Gary M. Susan was the one choosen to be the official (and only) photographer allowed on this sacred ground - he captures the raw tenderness as well as the intense reality of what happened.
I grew up in New York and now live in Atlanta, GA.. I was in Atlanta on 9/11 and will never forget what I was in the middle of doing and how I've viewed life from a different prospective after that day. I felt such a sense of urgency to get back to NY and bring my daughter who was 11 at the time and we did. We flew in 4 weeks later to smoke still rising and rubble still burning. The stench was overwhelming and walking around, looking at all the missing persons bulletins pulled at my heart and soul. From stepping off the train at Grand Central and being greated by the National Guard everywhere, streets locked down, 5th avenue with nothing but flags and police everywhere. A very still quiteness to this city that I've never heard or felt before. I could go on and on about more that I saw and felt, the bottom line is that not every visit to NY should be about a Broadway Play, Central Park, Rockefeller Center, great food and such - things that bring a smile and happiness to your face just by "being a part of it". There are times when one needs to feel and understand the pain of so many families, pray for them and their losses and hold a piece of history in your heart - this is the place. And it should bring a smile, a sense of warmness with a better understanding of what those that rescued and cleaned up are still living with and going through. And how we all can appreciate our lives and those we love everyday. It is a gift.
NEVER FORGET. |
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family memory
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| Sat, Apr 11 1:00 PM |
rachelthomas |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| Our 3 children range in ages 10-17. I highly recommend this museum. Gary Suson has used his God-given gift to create a atmospshere that displays love and respect. We are such a visual generation and this allows you to absorb it at your own pace. Although my youngest does not remember where she was when "the world stopped turning", she will never forget this museum. |
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Moving & Education Experience
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| Sat, Apr 11 11:00 AM |
seanscott |
Male |
40-49 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| We found this a very moving and profound experience and one that we have highly recommended to our friends and family. The human side of 9/11 has been captured in a very sensitive and detailed way. This is the side we didn't always see in the news, but it was a side that is important to understand. For such a small little museum, you had a huge impact. |
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Respectful, Intimate & Moving Look at Ground Zero
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| Sat, Apr 11 11:00 AM |
leilachiara |
Male |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| I appreciated the thought and attention to detail in this small but moving look at those who worked in Ground Zero after the fall of the Twin Towers. |
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A moving experience!
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| Sat, Apr 11 11:00 AM |
keithasimpso |
Male |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Other |
| We entered a little skeptical of the workshop but we left feeling very educated and proud of the service that Gary performed. |
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Fantastique
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| Fri, Apr 10 1:00 PM |
mamoux2 |
Female |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| Le temps alloué était de 2 h. Je croyais y passer 1 heure mais nous sommes restés jusqu'a la fin !! L'endroit est petit et intime. Je le recommande a tous. Nous avons beaucoup apprécié. Allez-y !! |
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"A MUST SEE/FEEL Experience" done with class
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| Fri, Apr 10 1:00 PM |
KarenKavalau |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Other |
| The docents were knowledgeable, pleasant, helpful and appropriate for the venue they represented. The Museum was unexpected from the perspective of the intimate opportunity to see and feel the emotional aspect of 9/11 without "reliving the horror" of that moment in time. Instead, a respectful, poignant, opportunity to pay tribute to those who perished, those who spent day after day in the field working to help all of us never forget honored the United States of America. I felt proud to observe the portrayal of an American tragedy by Paul with a photograph that needed no words to convey the magnitude of a barbaric act and documented with a gentle touch of a camera flash that gave meaning, perhaps closure, a better understanding of heroism in the face of such sadness and capturing the soul of humanity all at the same time. |
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The stories and photos impacted us.
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| Fri, Apr 10 1:00 PM |
deega1959 |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| The stories we heard and the photos we say truly impacted us. We had been to Ground Zero right before we came to this museum, and found the photos to be touching and the stories insightful! |
