Thursday, September 11, 2008

real

The reality of September 11 never really sank in until I moved up to DC. Now, I hear stories from my colleagues of gathering the entire school in the gym to watch the television footage and to call families to make sure they were okay. And they remember watching two of our students learn that their father had been on the plane that hit the pentagon. Everyone who lived here at the time knows of somebody who was killed seven years go.

2 comments:

MOM THE BOMB said...

I remember it well, and I wasn't close to where it happened. I'm sure your staff will never forget.

Graytoppop said...

With all the media coverage, you would think we had a better appreciation of the tragedy. But no media technology can replace personal experience....