We spent today's class participating in a special webinar, the "Anniversary in Schools Webinar" brought to teachers and students from the 9/11 Memorial & Museum. We began by viewing a 35-minute program that tells the story of the 9/11 attacks through personal stories from first responders and survivors. It was incredibly moving. We were then able to take a virtual tour of the museum and memorial. We learned how many communities, families and NYC will observe the anniversary tomorrow on 9/11/21. Bells will toll at the exact times that these horrific events took place 20 years ago, starting with 8:46am and end at 10:28am. It's still hard to process that in between those hours, 2 planes crashed into the north and south towers of the World Trade Center, 1 plane crashed into the Pentagon and another plane, diverted by passengers from likely hitting another target in Washington, DC, crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. Also within this time frame, each of the World Trade Center Towers collapsed. In less than two hours, almost 3,000 people were killed and history was forever altered. We viewed the special light installation that illuminates the NYC
skyline on the night of every Sept. 11 since 2001. It projects the image of two towers reaching up into the heavens for almost 4 miles. Jaydn feels that it is very important to never forget 9/11 and that subsequent generations need to learn about the events of that day.