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REVIEW:
The American people were dramatically affected by the events of
September 11, 2001. This site’s mission is to “document
the entire reconstruction of the World Trade Center site; the experiences
of individuals directly affected by the events of 9/11; and to ensure
that people today and in future generations can experience the rebuilding
process, and learn from our nation’s ability to recover.”
Six cameras have been mounted around the site and every five minutes
they expose a frame of film to capture the minute by minute rebuilding
efforts. The interactive timeline offers visitors the opportunity
to select the time and the camera location to view a movie of the
activities and read the project journal and other pertinent information.
The section entitled “Rebuild” includes information
about the engineering, architecture, and urban planning that is
an important part of the rebuilding process as well as a question
and answer session with Kevin Rampe, president of the Lower Manhattan
Development Corporation, the organization charged with coordinating
the rebuilding of the site. Additionally, visitors can view a live
webcam, read about the Freedom Tower, view photos of the site’s
picks of the top ten most unusual memorial designs, and read one
man’s “account of what happened that day, and how he
has begun his own process of recovery and renewal”.
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March
2005
