Chinatown POV-Reflections on September 11th, 2002

The attacks of September 11th, 2001 devastated the nation. Being close to Ground Zero, Manhattan’s Chinatown was also brought to a standstill. After the dust literally and figuratively cleared, the neighborhood had to rebuild. This rebuilding effort became a part of the history of the community and MOCA collected stories, pictures, and artifacts of the process from 2001 to 2002. Some of the more powerful artifacts in this collection included a series of notebooks containing recollections of middle school and high school students of that fateful morning. The materials collected were displayed later in an online exhibition that can still be viewed today.

二〇〇一年的九一一恐怖袭击事件震撼了全美。离原爆点距离很近的曼哈顿唐人街也因此事件进入了停顿状态。在可见的尘埃被清理后,周围的街坊邻里开始重建。这次重建的过程成为了唐人街历史上的重要一笔,于是美国华人博物馆收集了从2001到2002年重建期间的故事、图片、与相关的文物。其中使人印象深刻的收藏品包括一系列初、高中生的笔记本,里面记载了他们对于九一一那个生命攸关的早晨的记忆。这些材料稍后在MOCA的在线展馆中展出,至今亦在。