9/11 a Generation Later
A generation born after 2001 is learning the attacks through family grief, recovered artifacts and memorials that keep the toll of 2,977 victims visible.
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9/11 a generation later
An entire generation has grown up without firsthand memories of Sept. 11, 2001, when hijacked passenger jets struck the World Trade Center, Pentagon and a field near Shanksville, Pa. Investigators later determined that the fourth plane’s intended target was the U.S. Capitol.
25 years later, how do you teach 9/11 to a generation with no memory of it?
NEW YORK CITY — Twenty-five years after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, a generation of Americans has no memory of the day that changed the country forever. Some are now learning about 9/11 for the first time through social media, including TikTok trends where young people have expressed empathy for Osama bin Laden’s “Letter to America.” Megan Jones, vice president of education programs at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum, has taken on the ta…
25 Years Later: The challenges of teaching 9/11 to a generation that didn’t live through it
9/11 National Memorial & Museum Education Director Jennifer Legasse joins CNN’s Audie Cornish on how educators and parents who lived through 9/11 can talk to a generation who didn’t
Young Americans who were not alive at the attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, have difficulty understanding how shocking it was for the United States and the world.
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