At the 9/11 museum, America remembers only its own

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New York City's 9/11 museum preserves American trauma while obscuring the attacks’ political context and the millions abroad subjected to the so-called global 'war on terror' The 9/11 Memorial & Museum has preserved almost everything. Seventy feet beneath Ground Zero are burnt-out fire trucks, mangled steel beams, firefighters’ helmets, survivors’ watches, and the final messages left by passengers aboard the hijacked planes. Visitors can watch the towers being struck from several angles and list