Mrs. Maughan, the English and dance teacher at Springville Junior High, had her class take on a project. They wrote an ‘I Will’ statement, promising they would do something on the anniversary of 9/11, in memorial of the people who died that day. They wrote cards to local firefighters and police officers. They also took time to learn more about 9/11, and remember it, in the process.
September 11, 2001, was one of the most tragic events in United States history. Nineteen terrorists hijacked four jet planes, all occupied with passengers. Two of those planes crashed into the World Trade Center towers. The third crashed into the Pentagon, and the fourth crashed into a field in Pennsylvania after the passengers attempted to take control of the plane, before it reached its intended target in Washington, D.C.
According to Mrs. Maughan, after she and her students finished their project, they felt “Proud to be American, and felt respectful for those who died, because they better understood what happened.” May we remember those who died, and that it changed America.