Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Remembering 9/11/2001




Ladies and Gentlemen,

Today is the anniversary of a major event in the history of the United States. We would like to read your thinking about the event. We are providing you with a link which has quite a few images to look at. Here are the questions we'd like you to answer when you comment on this post:

1. What have you been told about 9/11? Does your family talk about this event?
2. What is your reaction to the images on the link?

Please keep your comments positive and school appropriate. As hard as it is to remain positive when you look at images like this, consider the hard of work of everyone who was involved in saving lives and working to heal the sick and injured.

If you are a visitor to our blog, we welcome your comments as well. Please let us know who you are (first names only) and where you are from. Your comments will be moderated, so thanks in advance for keeping them school-appropriate.

Thanks for pushing your thinking, Dragons!

Here's the link to the images.

~ Mr. Moore, Ms. Vander Velde, and Ms. Thumm

30 comments:

  1. Dear, miss V. mister Moore and miss Thump,

    I have talked my family about the twin towers and I learn that there was much devastation and many people died and lose their lives trying to get the other people out of the ruins of the World Trade Center.
    What I have felt after the photos that I saw on the screen made me think of how people risked there lives to save other. It made me realize how the fact that I am alive today is most amazing thing that has dumbfounded me. I need to get the thought down that I should be so greatful there is something to really think about. The fact that I have been selfish at home and did not care about anyone else

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  2. Dear Mr.Moore,Ms.Vander Velde and Ms.Thumm,

    I have been told that not most people made it out of the building. Most of the them were trying to make it out but did not succeed. I saw a video on the news that one person made it out because of his service dog. The pictures made me think about all the lives that were lost and how serious it was. I never thought that a person could do that to so many other humans. Some of the pictures were sad and interesting at the same time.


    Sencerely,
    Nathalia

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  3. Dear Mr. Moore,Ms.v,and Mrs.Thumm,

    Yes, my family does talk about this event. What they had told me was their were Terrist that did not like the Americans. They had told me that they had knocked down the twin towers as a sign.My reaction to the images is that I didn't think it was very bad damage,but to hear their were helpers around America I knew they were in good hands.

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  4. Dear Mr.Moore,Ms.Vander Velde,and Mrs.Thumm,
    What I had been told about the 9/11 is that millions of people had died in the 9/11. My mom does talk about it but not my rest of my family. I felt bad and sad and to see how it will fell if I was in it. I wander how many peolple servived

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  5. Dear Mr.Moore,MS.Vander Velde,And Ms.Thumm,
    I have been tholed that many,many people were involved in this insadent. My famly dose talk about 9/11 because my mom's brithday is on 9/11. My reaction to all thoss images were like may I have a moment to my self or may we all take a moment in peace to simbalise allof the sevear inderys and deths. Last year on 9/11 I got to go to my frist consert and got to see some of the peaces from the Twin Towers. I'm not shure if they were real or not.
    Sincerely,
    Kaycee

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  6. Dear, Mr.Moore,Ms.Thumm,And Ms.Vander Velde,

    Yes I do know about 9/11 A terrosrist Osama Bin Laden hijacked a airplane and drove in The Tallest buidling in the world (The Twin Towers.) Yeah,and My mom Talks about it sometimes like, What day it happen and, Where she was when this happen . The pictures where where sad because ,lots of people died on that day, and firefighters helped save them witch cost them there lifes.

    Sincerely,Ernesto

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  7. Dear, Mr.Moore,Ms.V and Ms.Thumm,
    When I first saw the images they made me sade.The reason the images made me sade was why did the plans have to crash in the twin towers on prpes. The people in the plans made people lose there lives. I have herd from my perant's say that the people who were driving the airplanes crashed on perpes to kill the people in the twin towers

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  8. Dear, Mr.Moor, Ms.Vander Velde ,and Ms.Thumm,
    My family dose not talk about 9/11 much but I nowh that thossens of people die.My reactino was not some thing funny and I rilly was going to cry.I think that aver one ho hellped or even try to hellp than they are evebotys heras even mien.
    Sincerely,Crystallyn

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  9. Dear Mr.Moore ,Ms.Thumm,and Ms.Vander Velde

    My reaction when I saw the image on the blog I was surprised by the smoke in the buildings on top. This morning that I got on the bus Benadette told me " Do you know what today is I said " NO" then she told me about the twin towers.Then she said it was a memoreol with the planes that cashed in the buildings and the people that died. Then we got off of the bus and she said it was also Anabelle's birthday and I said " Really" she said "Yes".

    Sincerely,
    Diane

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  10. Dear Mr.Moore,Ms.V, and Ms Thumm,
    My family had never talked about the twin towers, although I had heard that they were hit by a plane.

    When I saw the pictures I felt sad that many people lost their lives and I'm glad that rescuers went in to save the people that were already in.
    Sinscerely,
    Miranda

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  11. Dear,Mr.Moore,Ms.Vander Velde,and Ms. Thumm.
    My, family said that some man that hated America send his men to steel the the airplanes and crash the Twin Towers. My recatoins were very sad. I was very sad when I heard how many people lost there lives in New York. I could never stop thinking how many people helped clean up and got injured.
    Sincerely,
    Daniel


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  12. Dear Mr. Moore,Ms.V,and Ms.Thumm,

    I have been told that that day was very scary and sad. I also have heard of 9/11 in the news.The moment I saw those I was astonished,I never thought that's how horrible it would be.The picture that surprised me the most was when a man fell out of one of the twin towers.
    Sincerely,
    Daniela

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  13. Dear, Mr.Moore, Ms.Vander Velde and Ms.Thum,
    I have never been told about 9/11 other then today. I realize that it was horrible I wish I would have known about it sooner but I just didn't know until today. No,my family has never talked about this to me, I don't know why they have never told me before. I wish they would have told me because I would have known what happened on the date 9/11.My reaction when I saw those images was that the people who did it did not think about others or them self's. I was also sad to see the smoke covering half of the city and the people walking on the high way to get out of that place so they wouldn't die.Sincerly, Pamela

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  14. Dear Mr.Moore,Ms.V,and Ms.Thumm,
    My mom told me many things about 9/11 one thing she told me is people wold rather jump out a window instead born to death. One good thing that came out of this is the people that were saved. One time I saw on the news that a kid met the person who saved his life.
    Sincerely,Isabel

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  15. Dear Mr.Moore,Ms.V,and Ms.Thumm,
    What my mom told me about 9/11 is for weeks people in other states had all their lights to go to sleep or if it got dark, people didn't go outside unless there was important stuff, when the planes were hitting the Pentagon and the World Trade Center the parents went to go get their kids all over the U.S.A from school, and when the first tower (south tower) fell down the U.S.A was in shock. My reaction was crazy. I was super sad and I was so mad at Bin Laden because the video was horrific.
    Sincerly,
    Gerardo

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  16. Dear Mr.Moore Ms.V and Mrs.Thumm I have been told that in 9/11 I was 11 months and my avacet last year we went to cherch and she told me that did i know about nine aleven and I said no I don't and she said that there was two bildings in new york and they got crashed down and from the people from arabea and I all most stared to cry because my ant was in that city and I felt bad for the people and I felt like I was going to cry when I saw the imags like the one when the man jumped out of the window. That makes me think that I should of been there when that hapend. Like if I was there I would pray to god and tell him that i am thankfull for my life and good buy and jump out the window.

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  17. 9-11-2012
    Dear Mr.Moore,Ms.Vander Velde,and Ms. Thumm,

    My family does talk about it but not to much. What my Mom and family told me and what I have learned over the years from school. When I saw the images I felt sad for all the innocent people that were killed in the crash. Also,the picture of the man that was falling from the building made me sad because that was the only way out the building was full of smoke and fumes.
    Sincerely,
    Rayven

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  18. 9/11/2012 Dear Mrs. V ,Mr.Moore and Ms. Thumm,
    My family tells me to come here look at these but my family tells me not to much. I see the 9news chanle but not to much only at wadsday only I waich it whit my mom. My mom And I where going to see the news when some one almost got raned over buy a car she was sckerd and she was lading down and no won hleped the little gril. sincerely,Hector

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  19. Dear,Mr.Moore,Mrs.V and Mrs.Thumm
    I have learnd about9/11 when a airplane nocked down the twin towers and no my famialy dose not talk about this event.

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  20. Dear, Mr. Moore,Ms. V and Ms.`Thumm,
    I have been told this because I heard this in the news with mt mom and dad.I felt so sad and bad for those people who lost there lives for us and mad at the tourust.
    Sincerely,
    William

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  21. Dear mr.moore Ms vander velde and Ms. Thumm.
    My cousin Dillion is always talking about the twin tawers he says it was devastating to a lot of people at that time and now I know is was vary sad.When I saw thougs picturs i know it is sad but people put there own lives out there to sacerfice so we could live most of it is sad but look at the posivet sin side a lot of people lost there lives but some were saved if it werent for thought people every one in the bilding and aroud the bilding could of dide.
    sinsily, tori

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  22. Dear Mr.Moore,Ms.Vander Velde,and Ms.Thumm,

    My family mostly my cousin and older brothers talk about this. All of them who talk about this were alive when this happened. Just yesterday 9/10/2012 my cousin was talking to me about this and she was talking about the plane crash in the field. She said that a person that owned the land saw a plane crash in the field. So he went over there and he saw nothing and she said it was such a big explosion that there was nothing where he saw it crash. I saw a thing on TV that some people before this happened the people tried to make the south tower crash into the north tower. So they set just a van set with explosives and they set it on fire and fled and they put this bomb in one of the parking lots and it exploded and seven people were killed. I think that the people that were cleaning up did a good job about removing the debris and removing the building. When I was looking at the pictures I felt like I was going to cry but I didn't want to. I think this is a terible thing that these people did and it was mean.

    Sincerely,
    Bernadette

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  23. Dear Mr.Moore,Ms.Vander Velde,and Mrs.Thumm,
    What I had been told about the 9/11 is that millions of people had died in the 9/11. My mom does talk about it but not my rest of my family. I felt bad and sad and to see how it will fell if I was in it. I wander how many peolple servived

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  24. Dear Ms. Thumm, my family never knew this maybe they knew but they never told me it was scarey. So many died it was a real tragedy.
    ShanYangLin

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  25. Dear Mr.Moore,Mrs.Vander Velde,Ms.Thumm,

    Today in the news that it was the most biggest disaster and that a lot of people were heart broken and couldn't even talk when this was happening. And my parents talked to me about this they told me that they felt like they were dreaming at that very time and they told me that with just seeing a picture they felt like it was happening to them. They also told me that in just one minute there were thousand of firefighters. When saw the picture I was just so blew by what I was seeing and i couldn't believe what I was seeing.

    Sincerely,
    Yicel

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  26. Dear,Mr.Moore,Ms.Vander Velde,Ms. thumm,
    I have heared that two teariest crashed in to the twin towers because they did not like America. Yes, My family talks about it because my dad is from New York.I felt sad when I saw the picthers when people were dieing and jumping out of bilding.
    Sincerely,
    Julian

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  27. Dear Mr.Moore, Ms.VanderVelde, and Ms.Thumm when I saw those images about the twin towers to me it was sad I had a lot of questions when I was seeing the images I really hate it when these things happen.I am so confused about this what have we done to them.My parents always talk about this in September 11 iv'e heard my parents say that they attack the twin towers because they are our enemies.

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  28. Dear, Mr.Moor,Ms.V and and Ms.Thumm
    It was sad to see all those people hurt. In the morning my mom and dad told me about 9-11. When my parents told me about 9-11 I felt really bad for the people that got hurt. My parents talk about 9-11 because they feel really sorry for the people that got ingerd.
    Sincerely,
    Daniela-3

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  29. Dear Mr.Moore, Ms.Thumm, And Ms.V,
    From home I've Known that there were four tererists that stole four planes. Two of the tererists stole both of the planes and crashed them into one of the buildings in the Twin Towers then the other. Another tererist crashed the plane into the Pentagon. Then the other tererist tried to crash the plane into the White house but the passengers took over and crashed the plane in a field. The pictures showed me really horrifying pictures. The pictures were really sad.
    Sincerely,
    Anthony

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  30. Dear Mr. Moore,Ms. Vander Velde, and Ms. Thumm,
    I heard that the Twin Towers came down on September 11, 2001 and I was told that it wasn't an exident. Those imiges made me was devisated on how some people would distroy some graet symbles in the United States. My family does not realy talk about it exept on 9-11 a little and my grandpa talk's about it a little.
    Sincerly,
    Bella

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