Today marks the 20th anniversary of the horrific and world-changing events of September 11, 2001. Like so many of you, I’ll never forget where I was on that day – in my case, watching the news live at the kitchen table. Let us always remember who and what was lost, as well as the heroism and compassion that brought us together in the days and weeks afterwards.
This is still a difficult day to talk about. If you are struggling to explain the significance of this day to any children in your lives, consider some lessons from this NPR piece: https://www.npr.org/.../how-to-talk-about-9-11-with-a-new...
As an educator at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum put it, especially in this time of COVID, "Young people are looking to a generation who did live through a world-changing event and they want to know that it's possible to come out of it and how did we do it."
This article in The Oregonian also reminds us how hundreds of Oregonians flew to New York City after 9/11 to support the city, sharing love and hope in a very dark time. An uplifting read.
Original source can be found here.
