Remembering 9/11: Classrooms slowly thinning out as parents picked up their kids
Ellie was in 7th grade when the Twin Towers were attacked. She remembers students getting called out of class one by one, until a neighbor came to pick her up. Watching footage of the aftermath, Ellie worried if her mom — a teacher in Newark — would be coming home that night.
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AI GeneratedEllie, a seventh-grade student from Woodbridge, recalls her experience during the September 11 attacks. She describes the confusion at school, the gradual evacuation of students, and the surreal feeling of watching the tragedy unfold on television at a neighbor's house, feeling a sense of bafflement and anxiety for her mother who worked near the city.