On the day of September 11, 2001, Mr. Dylan Pinkman, was in seventh grade, at that time he didn’t know what was going on. Then all of a sudden, teachers started bringing TVs into the classrooms to turn on the news and show what was happening. Teachers explained that the twin towers were hit by two planes. About an hour later, they turned the TVs off because it was too much to handle. Only the seventh and eighth graders were told about it. His mom taught at the school that he went to, and when they went home, his mom explained what happened. To this day, Dylan wants to learn more about it and get a better understanding on what all had happened that day.

For many of our teachers, looking back at September 11th is hard. Mrs.Bonesteel remembers the watching the first plane on the T.V at home, and hearing about the second plane on the radio while driving to work.  At the time she worked in Sidney, Nebraska, and saw many military trucks driving down her quiet road. She recalls feeling disbelief and shock that anyone could do such a thing, and is uncomfortable thinking about those chaotic times. Even though Mrs.Bonesteel didn’t know anyone directly effected by the attack on the Towers, she met many students later that had family members killed in the attacks.