story4346.xml
Title
story4346.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2002-09-11
911DA Story: Story
I was working with reading groups in my 4th grade classroom that morning when the school secretary came in and whispered to me. There had been a plane crash into one of the trade center buildings and the Pentagon was on fire. I looked at Liz in disbelief. Was she sure this wasn't some cruel joke?
The other reading teacher and I tried to digest this, and get through reading groups with our news-unknowing students. A few minutes later, Liz came in with news of the second plane hitting the trade center. We teachers and aides were abuzz with what could be happening. It was difficult to summize with no way to see the news in front of the students.
I worried secretly in front of my students that day, and openly in front of my peers, of what had happened and what was yet to come. Rushing home to a TV to piece together the horror, and I watched and cried along with the rest of the nation.
The other reading teacher and I tried to digest this, and get through reading groups with our news-unknowing students. A few minutes later, Liz came in with news of the second plane hitting the trade center. We teachers and aides were abuzz with what could be happening. It was difficult to summize with no way to see the news in front of the students.
I worried secretly in front of my students that day, and openly in front of my peers, of what had happened and what was yet to come. Rushing home to a TV to piece together the horror, and I watched and cried along with the rest of the nation.
Collection
Citation
“story4346.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed December 16, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/9561.