9/11: the World Speaks ISBN: 9780762768165 Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / Globe Pequot Press, The Digital rights:Users: Unlimited; Printing: Limited; Download: 7 Days at a Time Subjects: History; Social Science;
Almost two million people from across the United States and around the world have come through the museum galleries of the Tribute WTC Visitor Center since it opened in September 2006 right across the street from the World Trade Center site. Many of these visitors have written their poignant reflections about the impact of September 11th on visitor cards that are collected in the Center's final gallery. To date, the Center has collected 200,000 cards written in 48 languages by people from 120 countries.
For the first time ever, this book brings together a choice selection of these cards, many of which talk about the inspiration people find in the outpouring of humanity in response to September 11th. In seeing the selflessness of first responders and ordinary citizens who rushed to help strangers and friends on that day, and in the many months of recovery that followed, adults and young people write that they have been inspired to help others in their communities and around the world.
Moving us toward the future with empathy and hope, 9/11: The World Speaks is a remarkable collection of cards that include elaborate drawings, stories of personal experiences on September 11th, notes written by family members of victims, and statements by people of all cultural backgrounds decrying the use of violence. The book also features a preface from Tom Brokaw.
The Tribute WTC Visitor Center welcomes an average of 500,000 visitors to lower Manhattan annually. Cofounder and Board President Lee Ielpi, a retired NYC firefighter, lost his son, firefighter Jonathan Ielpi, on September 11th, and has since then been dedicated to communicating the need for understanding history and educating young people to create a more peaceful world. Visit the Tribute WTC Visitor Center online at tributewtc.org .
