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ATLANTA - It was about three years ago, the first time Jerry Swiatek got to the 9/11 portion of his social studies class and had some freshmen say they'd never seen footage of planes flying into the World Trade Center.
Each year since, more students among the current crop of 15-year- olds tell him the same thing, leaving him still amazed that they've never experienced the horror of watching the twin towers collapse.See the full content of this document
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Ten Years Later, Schools Find Lessons in 9/11
It's etched forever in the minds of their teachers, but for the majority of school children, Sept. 11, 2001, is a day of infamy they don't remember.
This year's high school seniors were in second grade a decade ago. Their memories of the day of the attacks are fuzzy at best - a teacher crying while hugging a colleague or being shepherded into the auditorium away from televisions filled with scenes of horror. For younger kids, it's an even more distant event...See the full content of this document
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