The 9/11 Tribute Museum was not a collection of things. Things from that day do tell a story. The viewer needs to absorb that thing in order to learn and appreciate its value and meaning. They have to work from their knowledge, context, and being to find meaning. That's only a partial understanding of 9/11 and one that is subject to variations of understanding. Our context shapes what we learn when we're not engaged with others.

At 8:45 plane engines overhead rattled the building so severely I instinctively ducked my head into my keyboard. Seconds later there was what could only be described as an explosion.