New
York state of mind
By Jia-Rui
Chong.
Part one
| Monday, October 8, 2001
Part two | Tuesday, October
9, 2001
Part three | Wednesday, October
10, 2001
Part four | Thursday, October
11, 2001
Part five | Friday, October
12, 2001
"Principal Leslie Zackman always makes an
announcement at lunch, but today it wasn’t about clearing tables
of stray french fries. School had been in session on Tuesday, when
hijacked planes crashed into the World Trade Center and Pentagon,
but school was closed yesterday.
'As I told you Tuesday,' she said, 'there are
so many adults here at P.S. 59 -- family, teachers -- to make it
safe for you. We have a plan. Remember Tuesday? It was calm here
on Tuesday and you got home.'
She paused, let her statement sink in and continued
to reassure the students: 'We can go outside for recess again, so
wait for the usual signal.'”
