The 9/11 Memorial & Museum offers an annual education program designed to help students understand the significance of Sept. 11, 2001.
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One of the more troubling aspects of the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks is that some children and teenagers may not remember or have direct connections to that horrible day.
To help younger people become more aware of that day, the 9/11 Memorial & Museum is presenting on Thursday, the 2025 Anniversary Digital Learning Experience (DLE), an annual education program intended to teach students around the globe about the history and significance of September 11, 2001.
A key part of the DLE is a “free, 30-minute on-demand film featuring first-person accounts of the attacks and their aftermath, along with a live chat with Museum staff on September 11, 2025,” according to officials. “The film will be available on 911memorial.org/DLE beginning Thursday, September 11, 2025. The live chat will be available from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. ET on September 11. You will be directed to the video after completing a brief questionnaire.”
“The film is appropriate for grades 3 to 12. Registration is open now, and the film will be available beginning Thursday, September 11, 2025, when students can also connect with and pose questions to Museum staff during an all-day live chat,” officials say. The film will include American Sign Language interpretation, captions, audio description, and Spanish subtitles. “The DLE film will be available after the anniversary, and the individual speakers will be added to our DLE archive in the coming weeks,” a spokesperson for the museum adds.
- To view the film trailer, click here: https://shorturl.at/PBM3q
- Here is the link to register: https://911memorialmuseum.wufoo.com/forms/q1v7kxtk0ulbkl0/
- Educators can click here for more info: https://shorturl.at/mEXqD
“This year’s Anniversary Digital Learning Experience brings us one step closer to our goal of reaching 20 million students by the 25th anniversary of 9/11,” says Megan Jones, vice president of education at the 9/11 Memorial & Museum.
This education program “helps connect those born after or too young to remember the attacks with the history and legacy of the day. Its lessons of courage, community, resilience, and service have already reached more than four million students in every U.S. state, as well as 80 countries and territories,” officials say.
Officials note that the 2025 DLE features four 9/11 stories: retired FDNY firefighter Tim Brown; Jan Demczur, a North Tower window washer “who used his squeegee to escape before the collapse;” Christine Fiorelli Epstein, who lost her father on 9/11; and U.S. Army veteran Naveed Shah.
For more information, contact the Education Programs staff at digitallearning@911memorial.org.
The 9/11 Memorial & Museum is focused on exploring 9/11, documenting its impact, and examining its continuing significance, officials say. This mission is advanced through commemoration, education, and inspiration.
The 9/11 Memorial & Museum, located on eight of the 16 acres of the World Trade Center site, remembers and honors the 2,983 victims killed on September 11, 2001, and February 26, 1993. Through exhibitions, a wide variety of programs, and commemorative events, the 9/11 Memorial & Museum seeks to educate the public — particularly the 100 million Americans born since the attacks or those too young to remember — about the consequences of terrorism and its impact on individuals and communities,” officials say. “Through preserving and sharing stories of resilience, compassion, and service, the 9/11 Memorial & Museum hopes to inspire individuals to build a more compassionate and secure world.”
In a statement about the event, retired FDNY firefighter Tim Brown explains why all of us, young or old, should remember.
“I was there when the towers fell, and I lost so many FDNY colleagues that day,” says Brown. “As someone who lived through it, I believe we have a duty to make sure our children know what happened — not just the horror, but the heroism and sense of unity it inspired. Teaching the next generation about 9/11 isn’t about holding onto pain, but about passing on the legacy of courage and sacrifice that defined us in our darkest hour.”
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