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Date Attended |
Reviewer |
Gender [v] |
Age |
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A nice overview of events involving the event .
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| Sat, Nov 18, 06 1:00 PM |
gbazaco |
Male |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| A great review of the actual occurrence and the events involving the immediate and extended recovery attempts. Albeit reviewed many time over for days, weeks, and months, it was refreshing to have it rekindled in our minds so that we will "Never Forget". Whatever the reason, innocent people should not perish here or any where. |
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Essential and Moving
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| Sat, Nov 18, 06 1:00 PM |
river161 |
Male |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| My sixteen year-old son and I had intended to visit the actual Ground Zero. We found the GZMW on the Internet and went there instead. We are thrilled that we did. It is off the beaten path in a great New York City neighborhood, but an easy cab ride down Ninth Avenue.
A visit here is essential to developing an understanding of what the WTC attack and GZ recovery were like. The video is both moving and understated, a contrast to the political noise we are all so accustomed to. Though the museum is the size of a large living rooom, one could spend hours there and feel guilty about leaving. You leave wanting to learn even more.
The first person testimonials given by both Gary Suson and the NYC fire fighters are of genuine historic significance. Years from now my son will tell his children of what this day was like and how in a brief afternoon he heard, saw and touched history. It is also a rare opportunity to meet an important artist and contributor in a deeply personal context.
Also to be noted is Mr. Suson's mention of The Anne Frank House as a model for the exhibits and what the GZMW represent. For lack of an insightful term, one wants to examine the connection between the WTC and the death of Anne Frank more closely. The first thing I did the following Sunday morning was order materials on the Anne Frank House and Museum. As much as the GZMW teaches, it also shows how much we do not know or understand.
Humbling. Sad. Enlightening. Absolutely not to be missed.
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More about the Photographer than you really desire
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| Sat, Nov 18, 06 11:30 AM |
CJHooks |
Male |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| There were 6 of us....we found the exhibit to be interesting, but not worth the price of admission....more about the photographer and his impressions than of the World Trade Center itself. |
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WTC Museum Workshop was Stunning
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| Sat, Nov 11, 06 11:30 AM |
fifteenkey |
Male |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| I wrote this in my blog:
A yellow taxi dropped us in the historic Chelsea meatpacking district. We were there to visit the Ground Zero Museum Workshop.
The museum was in a small second-floor loft, and very well done. It contained WTC artifacts collected (not personal belongings) and poignant photographs taken by Gary Suson. One piece was the most chilling for me. It was AA11 aluminum fuselage melted into a warped Dali-like mutation. One photograph portrays a firefighter holding a book with his finger marking a passage. My mother told me not to miss it on the audio tour so I figured it was some biblical thing. In fact, the book was one in the Harry Potter series that his son, also a firefighter, had read to his two young children on the evening of September 10th, 2001. The son never got to read any more…
We walked quietly for a long time after visiting the museum, none of us speaking much. About an hour later, after walking a sun-drenched few miles along the Hudson River, my son Kyle and I were looking into the pit where the dust of the dead still rustles in the fall breeze. We grabbed a cab and got out of there.
It was the last day of Kyle’s 14th year and it was one he’ll always remember. I’ll remember it too, but I’ll remember to read him Harry Potter even more. |
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Intellectual, Emotional, and Spiritual Connection
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| Fri, Nov 10, 06 11:30 AM |
resmen |
Male |
60-69 |
Local |
Couple on a Date |
| From two days after 9/11/01 to every year since, I have visited and photographed Ground Zero. I thought I knew and felt everything about that fateful day until my visit to the Ground Zero Museum. I had recently visited the Tribute Center, where I was moved and more enlightened than I had been before. My visit to the Ground Zero Museum was beyond anything I had experienced, known, or felt. It was an intimate and amazing display and narration of the rescue effort and all those connected to it. I was lucky enough to have Gary Marlon Suson, in person, who photographed the rescue effort for nine months, guide us through his unique and emotional journey, punctuating his visuals with his stories and artifacts. To be able to touch and hold these artifacts formed an intense and emotional connection to the recovery effort, the rescuers, and all the victims and their families. From the crosses cut out of the mangled, steel beams to the electric clock that stopped at 10:02 and 14 seconds (the exact time the South Tower fell) , was an out-of-body connection that cannot be described in words. You really have to be there. This exhibit is a "MUST" for every human being as an intellectual, emotional, and spiritual connector to humanity's good that rises from the bad.
My female (age 50-59) companion's review is as follows:
Ground Zero Museum Workshop is Inspirational
I found this experience to be truly worthwhile. As a resident of New York, needless to say, the events of 9/11 will stay with me forever. I continue to visit Ground Zero, as I am still coming to grips with what happened on that horrible day. I had no idea that Gary Marlon Suson had been asked to photograph the recovery effort until I heard about this museum. To be able to meet him and have him share his experiences with our group is something I will always remember. His photographs and artifacts are amazing, and his story needs to be told. I would highly recommend this workshop tour to everyone. I enthusiastically have been spreading the word. |
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A one of a kind experience
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| Wed, Nov 8, 06 4:30 PM |
stevos |
Male |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Other |
| As a firefighter returning after 9-11, I was deeply moved and appreciative of Gary Suson's work. The sharing of his experience at ground zero is something all of us should see so we may heal but "never foget " |
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Extraordinary. We will never forget.
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| Sun, Oct 29, 06 12:00 PM |
dxhermosillo |
Male |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| My wife wanted to see the workshop, while I was less than enthusiastic about it. We have a son who is a US Marine serving a second tour in Iraq and I am a Deputy Sheriff in California.
After arriving at the workshop we were greated by Gary. I knew nothing about Gary or that he was the only photographer during the recovery.
After a couple hours with Gary, it was apparent how devoted to the project he is. His time at Ground Zero is always with him.
The items, photographs and the stories behind each item truly touched our hearts. Gary's photography conveys every emotion I felt about September 11th.
Our tour ended and we said our good-bys to Gary. As we walked away from the museum, I was thankful we had me Gary and had the chance to visit the museum.
Gary's photographs are a piece of American history. ''Remember 9-11'' means something new to us after visiting the workshop.
Thank-You Gary.
Shawn & DeShaunda Hermosillo - California
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Powerfully stimulating
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| Tue, Oct 24, 06 11:30 AM |
WLambert |
Male |
30-39 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| The museum and experience was second to none and definately a must see when visiting New York. |
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Not touched
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| Wed, Oct 18, 06 4:30 PM |
jmarchetti |
Male |
40-49 |
International Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| I could not connect the artifacts I saw with the facts of that day.
The images in documentaries are much stronger in my opinion.
Also it is not like a museum, it is a small room and you have to be there at the correct time, you are not allowed to get in a few minutes before.
Not recommended |
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Far away
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| Tue, Oct 10, 06 11:30 AM |
Drumlough |
Male |
40-49 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Location is kept a secret as it is in an inconvenient location. Over priced. |
