Educating a New Generation About 9/11

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Monday, Aug 11, 2025

30 DAYS LEFT TO JOIN TEACHERS NATIONWIDE IN EDUCATING A NEW GENERATION ABOUT 9/11

Over Four Million Students Have Participated in Anniversary Digital Learning Experience

New York – As the 24th anniversary of 9/11 approaches, the 9/11 Memorial & Museum proudly announces its 2025 Anniversary Digital Learning Experience (DLE), an annual education program designed to teach students around the world about the history and significance of September 11, 2001. The DLE includes 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.

This signature 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.

“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,” said Megan Jones, Vice President of Education at the 9/11 Memorial & Museum. “Through accessible, engaging education, we are empowering a new generation to understand the impact of 9/11 and carry forward lessons of resilience, unity, and hope.”

The 2025 DLE features four powerful 9/11 stories, including retired FDNY firefighter Tim Brown; Jan Demczur, the well-known 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.

"I was there when the towers fell, and I lost so many FDNY colleagues that day. 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,” said Brown.

The film is appropriate for grades 3–12. 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. To view the film trailer, click here. To learn more information about the Anniversary Digital Learning Experience, educators can visit 911memorial.org/DLE or click here.

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ABOUT THE NATIONAL SEPTEMBER 11 MEMORIAL & MUSEUM 
The 9/11 Memorial & Museum is the country’s principal institution concerned with exploring 9/11, documenting its impact, and examining its continuing significance. This mission is advanced through commemoration, education, and inspiration. Located on eight of the 16 acres of the World Trade Center site, the 9/11 Memorial & Museum 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. 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. 

For more information or to reserve a ticket to the 9/11 Memorial & Museum, please visit 911memorial.org. 

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Garrett Levine (954) 464-4015 | press@911memorial.org
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