Read the text below to answer question 17.
What Do You Remember About September 11, 2001?
By Katherine Schulten
Where were you nine years ago Saturday? What do you remember about that day or the days immediately after? If you‘re ∈ junior high, high school or even the first years of college now, you may have been too little then to have been aware of what was happening on the day itself. If so, what have you heard from adults or older friends or relatives about what those days and weeks were like?
Students, tell us what you remember — if you were old enough to remember anything — about September 11, 2001 or the days that followed it. If you don‘t remember anything, what memories of that day have you heard older friends or relatives describe? […] Students 13 and older are invited to comment below. Please use only your first name. For privacy policy reasons, we will not publish student comments that include a last name.
September 10, 2010 8:13 am - I remember walking into work that day, thinking what a beautiful day it was, with the sky so blue and, how clear and crisp it was, and then the day went so horribly wrong […]. - Lisa
September 10, 2010 8:40 am - Such a beautiful, clear blue sky that morning. Heard one of the planes fly over us as we were getting ready to head off to class. A roommate says, ―wow, that sounded like a low-flying plane.‖ - Alexis
September 10, 2010 8:42 am - I don‘t remember much - I was only 6. […] But I remember my father being away on business, ∈aState very close to New York. I remember a friend calling my mother ∈ near hysterics. She kept saying, ―Turn on the news.‖ And my mom didn‘t know what was happening. She was really worried and kept calling Dad. She had on the news and called out my two older brothers. We were homeschooled, so they were doing some homework she had assigned them. They ran out and were watching what was happening with Mom and I remember thinking, ―What‘s happening? Why‘s everyone so worried?‖ I think it was years later that 9/11 really spoke to me. […]. - Lola
September 10, 2010 9:08 am - I remember my old neighbor John-John never coming home. - Genaro
September 10, 2010 9:35 am - I remember I was ∈ my backyard and spraying my dad with a water hose! Ha, ha! I was only three! - Nancy
September 10, 2010 9:58 am - […] My teacher made us stop doing what we were doing and explained what was happening and how important New York was. I remember I was sitting on the couch watching the news and watching the same horrific scene over and over again. Now that I‘m older I understand. - Nakeira
September 10, 2010 10:07 am - I learned a lot about the 9/11, how the hijackers tried to crash two of the airliners into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center ∈New York City, they were killing everyone on board and many others working ∈ the buildings. Both buildings collapsed within two hours, destroying buildings around it and damaging others. The hijackers crashed a third airliner into the Pentagon ∈Arlington, Virginia, just outside Washington, D.C. The 4th plane crashed into a field near Shanks Ville ∈ rural Pennsylvania after some of its people and flight crew attempted to retake control of the plane, which the hijackers had redirected toward Washington, D.C. There were no survivors from any of the flights. It was very sad, I was only 7…- Paris
Available at: NYTimes.com/learning.blogs - September 13th, 2010 (Adapted).
Read the statements below:
I. The hijackers were the only people who tried to stop the planes from crashing against the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center.
II. Nakeira‘s teacher made her stay home watching the horrific scenes over and over again.
III. Genaro says he does not remember a thing related to September 11.
IV. Paris is only seven years old now and has not learned much about 9/11 yet.
V. Nancy‘s father was one of the victims of the collapse of the Twin Towers, that‘s why 9/11 became a frightening day for her.
VI. Lola witnessed the crash of the planes against the New York City buildings and understood immediately the meaning of the tragedy of 9/11.
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