Quote Originally Posted by mrspunkysmom View Post
I remember where I was that sad day.

Here in the South, New York is a foreign country. Not many people were that upset. It was like the infidels (NYC) deserved it. I was living in a small town then. But there were no events at our high school today. I was off, but checked the email. nothing.

It's like what happens up north doesn't affect us.

That's sad - there were people from the South killed in the towers that day! I hope you mention it to the school, and maybe today - or even next year - you can have some sort of at least special moment in commemoration. Even if the kids do not know anyone who was in the towers that day, I am betting they know people in the military whose lives were directly influenced by that day. Soldiers who were killed or injured in the resulting "war on terror" would be a powerful lesson for the kids. Especially as many of those killed have been young men and women not much older than them.