Here’s what happened inside their classrooms. Chalkbeat asked teachers and students what they remember about that day of terror 20 years later.
It was the beginning of the school day at the beginning of the school year at the beginning of the millennium. Millions of American children were in classrooms on the morning of September 11, 2001, when hijackers flew planes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Then-President George W. Bush was in the classroom, too — reading with young Florida students until his chief of staff whispered in his ear: “America is under attack.” By Sept 6, 2021, 5:00am CDT