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And I should note, the 9/11 Memorial, uh, Museum, they have a new education curriculum they're putting out.

Because I was asking them, this is not settled history, so to speak.

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They are visiting this hallowed ground that is viewed with the same sense of reverence and historical awe as Pearl Harbor, Omaha Beach, Auschwitz, Gettysburg, and Antietam.

Noah Rauch is the Senior Vice President for Education and Public Programs at the National September 11th Memorial and Museum in New York City.

you can't come to the museum, uh, more on the museum and not be affected by the space that you're in.

It's just so clear to everyone who comes that you're standing where this happened.

And you bring up Auschwitz, you know, the big difference, you know, we worked a lot with Holocaust Museum.

They were incredibly helpful with, for us, um, and helping us sort of think about the programs and the space, um, that we were going to be occupying.

But, you know, the Holocaust Museum is in Washington.

It's not, it's not in East Germany or Eastern Europe.

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Still to come, a new Army Museum exhibit tells a lesser-known story from September 11th, the work of rebuilding after the attacks.

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The story of September 11th didn't end when the attacks were over.

Recovery, rebuilding, and remembrance became part of the nation's response as well.

A new exhibit at the National Museum of the United States Army focuses on the lesser-known role the Army Corps of Engineers played in those efforts.

Joining me now with more on the exhibit and this anniversary is the museum director, Paul Morando.

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It matters too, she writes, because some families of the murdered adhere to religious traditions that teach that suicide is an unforgivable sin.

We've been seeing heartbreaking cases of family members denouncing lost loved ones when confronted with the possibility that they intentionally jumped on And yet the National September 11th Museum posts a sign outside a room where images of falling people are displayed referencing, quote, those who jumped.

She says the museum signage committee has declined her request, saying that no one else seems to be bothered by it.

But she says, I am bothered by it.

Today, they're going to be adding a second.

9-11 Memorial and Museum President Beth Hillman says that added second is to honor the service and sacrifice of all those who have passed away since 9-11 from related health effects.

All those people who, by virtue of their proximity to the attacks or their service in response to the attacks and their willingness to help in a myriad of different ways, how they suffered and how their families suffered.

Feeling helpless after 9-11 attacks, Americans did what they had to do.

They've added a second.

Memorial and Museum President Beth Hillman says it's there to honor those who serviced and sacrificed and have passed away since 9-11.

All those people who, by virtue of their proximity to the attacks or their service in response to the attacks and their willingness to help in a myriad of different ways, how they suffered and how their families suffered.

25 years later, we're learning more about what's causing these health effects.

You're listening to a reading of articles and features from the New York Times Business section of the Niagara Frontier Radio Reading Service.

Teaching Future Generations about September 11th by Elizabeth Hillman, Chief Executive of the 9-11 Memorial and Museum.

She and her team are trying to find new ways to tell the story of that day to the increasingly large number of people without memories of it.

On September 11, 2001, Elizabeth Hillman had the same reaction as many to the horror she saw unfold on television.

She worked her way through academia, eventually becoming president of Mills College.

After leading a merger between Mills and Northeastern University in 2022, she was looking for her next role, which led back to September 11th.

The position of chief executive of the 9-11 Memorial and Museum opened up, and Ms. Hillman, a military historian, had taught about September 11th in her classes.

It was a natural fit, and in late 2022, she became the CEO of the museum.