I was in fifth grade in Queens NY that day. I remember teachers screaming and crying. The day was over and we were told to read. Parents taking kids out one by one with names being called over the speakers. I was excited when mines was called till I say my mother covered in Tower dust crying.
As others have said it caused cancer but another not so fun fact is that the cities administrations got the past 25 years have covered up the fact that the area was still toxic to be in for months after the attack. So if just the air was toxic for months after, just imagine what being there at ground zero would’ve done to someone
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u/Milestailsprowe 15h ago
I was in fifth grade in Queens NY that day. I remember teachers screaming and crying. The day was over and we were told to read. Parents taking kids out one by one with names being called over the speakers. I was excited when mines was called till I say my mother covered in Tower dust crying.
This country was never the same after