This past weekend, I used my break to visit the 9/11 Memorial Museum with my family.

Not only was this an eye-opening experience for myself and my family, but it also made me reflect on the events that happened over 15 years ago. I was too young to remember exactly what was happening during the terrorist attacks on September 11th, but through my parents' descriptions, I always thought I had a good understanding of the impact the Twin Towers' collapsing had on everyone's lives. After visiting this museum, I realized how wrong I was.

The museum has guided tours, but my family and I opted to do our own tour. After watching a film with world leaders at the time, including President George W. Bush, about what their experiences were like during the 9/11 attacks. Hearing how world leaders were forced to react to one of, if not the, deadliest terrorist attack in history was an interesting and great way to start this journey.

Included in the museum are fire engines that were damaged during the attacks, personal artifacts from family, friends, and survivors, voice recordings of victims in the hijacked planes calling their loved ones, news broadcasts from that day, images of the towers before and after the attacks and much more.

All of these artifacts made the events from that day much more real than I could ever have imagined.

Standing outside, I couldn't picture the terror I would've felt seeing two planes fly into the Twin Towers, filling Manhattan with smoke. The sense of uncertainty and fear that the artifacts conveyed left me on the verge of tears during my entire time there.

Even though I was close to crying, I still would highly recommend that everyone take a visit to this memorial site. It remembers the victims lost in Pennsylvania, New York, and Washington D.C. in such a way that they will never be forgotten.

That's why everyone should visit this museum: it prevents us from forgetting.

No many how many days pass, we can't stop talking about our country's history. As aforementioned, I was too young to vividly remember the attacks, but this museum brought it to life. While it was a more somber than not experience, it's important to remember the unfortunate parts of history along with the triumphs.

The 9/11 attacks not only affected New Yorkers like myself, but it impacted millions of people worldwide. An event with such an impact deserves to be recognized so that we can remember the fallen heroes and victims that lost their lives during that terrible day.