A very informative, well structured and thought-provoking tour and museum experience. The highlight has to be the guided tour with a person who was directly affected by the events. Our tour guide was Elliot who was fantastic the whole way through. A must do if you are in New York.
We took the tour in December during very chilly snowy conditions. The tour was conducted by a survivor and a victims brother. Both obviously exceptionally emotional and made for a poignant and thought provoking experience. It felt like a personal experience rather than a commercial one. Well worth the time and effort.
Very moving and informative, following an hour looking around the fascinating exhibits we met up with Terry our tour guide. As an ex fire fighter involved on the day of the tragedy he made the tour very personal, we all finished the tour understanding a little more of what these brave men went through on the day and the days that followed. A must do when in NY and very reasonable at $25/person.
Our volunteer walking tour leader, Elliott, was well-informed, enthusiastic and very interesting. We learned many personal "back stories" of events that occurred that awful day, demonstrating the goodness of people during a horrible experience.
Sad, interesting and very moving. So much to see and hear and read, it became a bit overwhelming and I had to leave after a few hours. But I felt I had to see it. And I’m glad I went.
The museum was definitely emotionally challenging. It was such a sad event in our history that I am glad I visited both the museum and memorial to pay respects for all the lives lost that day. The guided walking tour was done in groups of about 20 and gave us a first hand recount by those that either lived that day or lost a loved one. We had lovely Ann who lost her husband when he was working as a fire fighter that day. She also explained the many reasons behind why the memorial and todays world trade centre was designed the way it is today. A lot of thought and meaning is behind every little detail. After the walking tour, you could return to finish the museum.
