Augusta, GA
Local teacher remembers 9/11 and continues to educate students 21 years later
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WFXG) – SUNDAY IS THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE 9/11 ATTACKS. WHILE MANY REMEMBER THE DAY VIVIDLY, THERE’S A NEW GENERATION OF STUDENTS WHO DO NOT. in some ways, it is as much as TEACHERs to assist KEEP THE MEMORY ALIVE, 21 YEARS LATER.
GROVETOWN HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER, LAURA WADDELL SAYS that THROUGH HER EYES IT WAS A DAY THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING. A SERIES OF AIRLINE HIJACKINGS: 2 PLANES HIT THE TWIN TOWERS AND A THIRD AT THE PENTAGON. WADDELL WAS A 6TH GRADER WHEN SHE HEARD THE NEWS. although, SHE STILL REMEMBERS SEPTEMBER 11TH, HER STUDENTS DO NOT. Which is why she feels a senses of duty to teach them. “WHEN I TALK TO MY STUDENTS ABOUT IT, i at all times inform them THAT YOU COULDN’T ESCAPE IT, THE IMAGES WERE EVERYWHERE.” IT WAS A FORMATIVE EXPERIENCE FOR HER CHILDHOOD THAT SHAPED HOW SHE GREW UP, not solely AS AN AMERICAn however as A CITIZEN IN HER COMMUNITY.