This is terrible! (Thread orginally posted 9/11/2001)

[donaldtoo]

My apologies for my tardiness with this post today, as I first wanted to reread the entire thread, and there were the usual daily distractions.
I related my experiences from that day (I was 38 years old at the time) back on the 20th anniversary of the attacks (pg. 33, post #651).
To call it a crazy day (and beyond) doesn’t really even come remotely close to accurately describing the experience, for those of us old enough to remember it vividly.

Always and simply…NEVER forget.

 

[muddyrivers]

At the school I teach at our librarian led a presentation for all our Social Studies classes today. She used a program through the 9/11 museum. The video they put out was wonderful for students and there was a live chat with people from the museum as well. Our librarian also put out newspaper from the time it happened, a memorial quilt our students made at the time, and a few other interactive displays. I talked to the students later today, after they had some time to process and the comments they made were really deep and thoughtful (7th graders). It just blows my mind that these students weren't alive for this (although logically I know that) because it seems like it just happened. How fast our precious time flies by. Also, as I looked around the room I realized that two of my students were children of some of my students from 2001.

It was a few years ago (probably 2022/2023) where there no kids in school who were alive before the 9/11 attacks. I was floored when I read that statement as I still consider myself a young man (in my early 30s). Every time I reflect on the fact that it's been 24 years or that all these students weren't even alive when 9/11 happened, it truly makes me feel old.