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9/11 and the Children By: Kristina and Gabby

A HORRIFIC ATTACK September 11, 2001

The New York Twin Towers
south tower: collapse at 9:59 am
north tower: collapse at 10:28 am

South Tower

North Tower

Somerset County, Pennsylvania
collision 10:03 am

The Pentagon
attack 9:37 am

The following people were some that took part in a
premeditated murder of Americans.
Al-Qaeda Osama Bin Laden, Khalid Sheik Mohammad, Ramzi Binalshibh, Abu Turab Al- Urdunit, Mohammed Atef, Abu Dahdah, Marwan al-Shehhi, Fayez Ahmed, Mohald al-Shehri, Hamza al-Ghamdi and Ahmed al-Ghamdi. Waleed M al-Shehri, Wail al-Shehri, Mohammed Atta, Abdulaziz al-Omari, Satam al-Suqami, Khalid al-Midhar, Majed Moqed, Nawaf al-Hazmi, Salem al-Hazmi and Hani Hanjour, Ahmed al-Haznawi, Ahmed al-Nami, Ziad Jarrah and Saeed al-Ghamdi
(danz family pictures)

Because of these terrorists… about 3000 people died...

… and because of these attacks… more than 5,000 children lost a parent..

"We hate them." This is the most common feeling of children towards the terrorists.

“ It is the children that suffer the most. Tikvah means hope and hope is represented by the children.”
- Eli Wiesel

“ It still feels like September 12 th .” - Scott Pelley (CBS) and other recovery groups help the children to try and move on with their lives.

“ They’re holding on in every way they can. Once they lost their parents to terror, now they’re loosing them to time, memories of their loved ones are beginning to fade.”
- ABC News

“ They find comfort in the company of other kids. Everybody knows how everybody else feels. Like they know what they’re going through.”
- Jennifer Angelini
60 Minutes

Organizations for 9/11 Victims
Little Heroes
9/11 Armed Forces Scholarship
Twin Tower Orphan Fund
Sallie Mae 9/11 Education Fund
9/11 Truth
Peaceful Tomorrows
Center for Cooperative Research
9/11 Visibility Project
Voices of September 11 th
Families of September 11 th
9/11 Families for America
September’s Mission Foundation
Give Your Voice
One Day’s Pay
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks
WTC Survivors Network

What they do…
These organizations help families in need, most importantly, the children affected by these attacks. They seek non-violent responses to terrorist attacks, develop memorials, and provide victims with people to talk to about the tragic events that they face every day, that they are forced to cope with. There are play groups for children who are all in the same situations. These groups give support and advocacy for survivors and all those affected.

People helping others.

MEMORIALS

Our view.
What the terrorists did is tragic. The thought of losing a mother or father is unimaginable to us. We feel for the children that have had to go through such grief and suffering at so young of an age. We will always keep the affected children and their families in our prayers.

Stella Albright
This is a picture of Gabby’s neighbor, Stella Albright, who was in New York at the time if the attack. Here is an interview of her story on 9/11.

“ if we are to have real peace, we must begin with the children.” -Gandhi

please click to watch a 9/11 memorial tribute video by DJ Sammy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1TVWvsiteQ
don’t forget 9/11. it happened a few years ago. but it is still present in society today…

Bibliography
www.google.com
www.wikipedia.com
www.powerpointguys.com
www.commons.wikimedia.org
www.cbsnews.com
www.abcnews.go.com
www.yahoo.com
www.youtube.com
www.scils.rutgers.edu
www.photobucket.com
www.911studies.com
www.flikr.com
--Stella Albright: account of her experience
--In Memoriam - New York City, 9/11/01 Paula Heredia

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