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Students born after attacks learn significance of 9/11
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Lacy Garrison photo Centertown history teacher Rex Crabtree shows an image of smoke pouring from the twin towers of the World Trade Center while students listen as he explains the events of Sept. 11, 2001.
Next Tuesday marks the 16th anniversary of 9/11, which is arguably the most defining event of the past half century in the United States after terrorist attacks claimed the lives of nearly 3,000 people in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Shanksville, Penn.For many, the memory of that day is still fresh, but for most students in school today, they weren’t alive so they didn’t experience it. To them, it’s just history.To honor the memory of those lost and help students understand what happened on that day, Lt. Joey Clark reached out to Jennifer Lagasse, the assistant director of education programs at the 9/11 Memorial & Museum in New York. With her help and a joint collaboration with Director of Schools Bobby Cox, lesson plans, webinars and other resources were provided to all Warren County schools.“It’s vital to me that younger generations understand what happened,” explained Clark.