After their tour of the Tenement Museum, students had free time to have lunch and explore Manhattan's Lower East Side.
During their tour of the Tenement Museum, students learned the history of immigration through the personal experiences of the generations of newcomers who settled in and built lives on Manhattan's Lower East Side, America's iconic immigrant neighborhood. They had the opportunity to walk through the tenement apartment building, hearing the detailed stories of the immigrant families who once lived there.
The names of every person who died in the 2001 and 1993 attacks are inscribed into bronze panels edging the Memorial pools.
After lunch, the group visited the National September 11 Memorial. A tribute to the nearly 3,000 people killed in the terror attacks of September 11, 2001 and the six people killed in the World Trade Center bombing in February 1993, the Memorial’s twin reflecting pools sit within the footprints where the Twin Towers once stood and are each an acre in size.
Seniors Meaghan Daly and Ana Elmasllari spent their downtime enjoying a cup of coffee while exploring the city.
After viewing the 9/11 Memorial, students toured the National September 11 Museum. The 110,000 square foot exhibit is located underneath the World Trade Center site.
The museum is filled with multimedia displays, archives and authentic artifacts that tell the story of 9/11.