![]() ![]() There were harrowing evacuations, long walks home, and eerily silent subway rides.Īs for the aftermath of 9/11, some teachers and students recalled with nostalgia how Americans came together, and they wondered if such shows of unity would be possible today. New York City educators did their best to provide students a steady hand even as some feared for loved ones who worked in the towers, or struggled to get through to friends and family on jammed phone lines. 124, a few blocks away, another teacher watched as crowds covered in ash walked toward Brooklyn. 1, in Lower Manhattan, one teacher remembers another lowering the shades so kindergartners wouldn’t see the burning towers out the window. In New York City, things were even more dramatic - the day’s horrific events were playing out nearby. Then, one by one, students were called out of class as parents arrived early to bring them home. Across the country that day, lesson plans were futile. Teachers and students watched the news on boxy TVs strapped to rolling carts that moved between classrooms. The world was still largely without smartphones or social media. News back then moved slowly by today’s standards. Some said it was the reaction of the adults around them, rather than the images of burning buildings and pulverized steel, that conveyed the life-changing nature of the attacks. ![]() Students remember pained looks on their teachers’ faces. Bush was in the classroom, too - reading with young Florida students until his chief of staff whispered in his ear: “America is under attack.”Īcross the country that morning, there were hushed conversations among teachers and attempts to explain to students what was happening - or shield them from it. Millions of American children were in classrooms on the morning of September 11, 2001, when hijackers flew planes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. It was the beginning of the school day at the beginning of the school year at the beginning of the millennium. First Person is where Chalkbeat features personal essays by educators, students, parents, and others thinking and writing about public education. ![]()
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