Updated 02/23/2011 05:58 PM
9/11 A Decade Later: Sept. 11th Museum Presents Online Timeline Of WTC Attacks
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The National September 11th Memorial Museum has launched an online timeline, using graphic video from the attacks on the World Trade Center.
The site features video of the towers collapsing, as well as recordings of victims' final phone calls and oral histories of survivors.
Museum curators hope the site helps people understand how the events of 9/11 unfolded, through the eyes of those who were involved.
"The main purpose of doing this is for people who want to learn about 9/11. To take a very chaotic day, make some sense of it, understand the key points in time and some of the stories behind it," said National 9/11 Memorial & Museum President Joe Daniels.
"It gives you a real deeply textured sense of what that person saw, thought, heard or felt, whether it's a first responder or a survivor," said National 9/11 Memorial & Museum Curator Amy Weinstein.
Experts say while the website allows people to access information about the attacks in a unique manner, it may not be advisable for everyone to start clicking.
"To have a place where people can get accurate information from different angles and different perspectives, not only through the news media, but also personal accounts can be enriching for some people. But it's not for everyone," said Trauma Expert Dr. Eunjung Suh of Columbia Psychiatry.
The timeline begins at 5:45 a.m. with photographs of two hijackers passing through airport security in Maine, waiting to board American Airlines Flight 11.
It ends at 8:30 p.m., with President George W. Bush addressing the nation.
Memorial officials say although some elements of the website are graphic, it is important to make the material accessible, including photos taken inside the towers before they collapsed and accounts from firefighters that have never been seen or heard before by most people.
"Our subject matter is wrenching. It's emotional, it's painful and we need to stay true to the history of what happened. So we're not going to be shy about putting that out there," Daniels said.
The public will soon be able to access the material by visiting a street address, as opposed to a web address.
The 9/11 Museum is scheduled to open next year.
To view the timeline, visit timeline.national911memorial.org.
View "9/11: A Day In Time," NY1's interactive timeline that shows a moment-by-moment account of how NY1 covered the World Trade Center terror attacks.