Agreed - I figured I really didn't need to see the museum, as I knew what happened and remember watching with horror as the whole thing unfolded on live TV. Seeing the memorials, occupying the site of the buildings, and reading all the names, was extremely moving indeed.
Possibly the most moving place I've ever visited in my life was Anne Frank's hiding place, though. The fact that there's still pictures on the walls that she stuck there herself really got to me.
I was in primary school on September 11, 2001 and watched the Channel 4 news special at 19:00 covering the terrible events of that day. At the time many TV networks showed on repeat footage of the towers being hit, in addition to shots of people trapped in the towers leaning out from the smashed windows gasping for air. I recall in the US TV stations were asked not to excessively repeat footage of the day as this would induce trauma. I didn't really understand at the time what was going on; it's only now as an adult I understand the horror of what happened on that horrific day.
I found the museum an emotionally intense experience - as soon as you enter you see artifacts belonging to victims such as wallets and other personal effects and debris from the towers themselves. Volunteer guides explain the significance of some of the larger exhibits, including the Survivors Staircase.
I was extremely annoyed one couple were talking loudly and laughing as though they were having a coffee in Starbucks.
Am I doing something morally wrong by visiting a 'dark tourist' site? No, because otherwise by visiting these sites you may not always appreciate what those who were directly affected had to endure.
Nah. I reckon she died at the hands of her parents, and they got away with it because the Portuguese police were incompetent.
Whatever happened, I wasn't impressed by the site of her disappearance being deemed a site of interest.
From what I've read of the case there were lots of unconfirmed sightings of her elsewhere in Spain and in North Africa. I suspect she's either dead or is now living under a new name elsewhere, possibly unaware of her former life if she was abducted to order. I'm appalled the Daily Express turned the case into a complete circus.