Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Showing fourth graders graphic images of the 9/11 attacks was inappropriate, says a Lehigh Valley parent
"Teach Your Children Well." We hope that our educators always have that in mind when they teach our children. But educators in the Easton Area School District failed regarding how some children were taught about the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on America. Yes, everyone in our country needs to know -- and never forget -- the brutal attacks that killed nearly 3,000 Americans, destroyed the World Trade Center towers in New York City and brought our country to its knees. Sept. 11 will always be a day on which we should mourn the loss of life and remember the devastation that shook America to its core. But do children who are 9 or 10 years old need to watch the horrific highlights of the attack: the smoldering towers, airplanes crashing into …
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
A former FBI agent believes she saw angels guarding the Flight 93 crash site in Pennsylvania on 9/11 and has written a book about her experience.
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Tuesday, September 11, 2012
A former FBI community liaison has revealed that she believes she saw legions of angels in the mist at the crash site of United Airlines Flight 93 on Sept. 11, 2011. Lillie Leonardi is a former police officer who later retired from the FBI due to post-traumatic stress disorder. Leonardi arrived outside of Shanksville, Pa., about three hours after the hijacked airliner crashed and served as a liaison between the agency and the families of crash victims. Leonardi's book, "In the Shadow of a Badge: A Spiritual Memoir," features descriptions of how the plane was seemingly swallowed up by a smoldering crater and only small pieces of debris littered the crash site. "That's when I started seeing like shimmery lights ... and it was kind of misty …
More and more people are visiting the Flight 93 Memorial and the two new World Trade Center towers that are being built in lower Manhattan
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Tuesday, September 11, 2012
More than 200,000 people are expected to visit the Flight 93 National Memorial this year - almost double the number in 2011, according to an Associated Press report. New construction at the site is scheduled to begin next year. United Flight 93 was traveling from Newark, N.J., to San Francisco when it was hijacked by four terrorists in 2001. The 9/11 Commission says terrorists likely aimed to crash the plane into the White House or the U.S. Capitol, but passngers fought back and the jet went down in a field near Shanksville, Pa. Will you visit any of the 9/11 sites? Tell us in the comments section below. At the new multi billion-dollar World Trade Center, two towers are nearing completion and once again dominate the lower Manhattan …
A tree that survived the 9/11 attacks has been returned to the World Trade Center site and continues to grow in the shadow of the new twin towers
A pear tree that was reduced to one living branch in the 9/11 attacks is now a feature of the National September 11 Memorial in New York City. The scorched tree, about eight feet tall and covered with ash, was recovered from the World Trade Center and replanted in a Bronx park, where a nursery manager didn't expect it to survive. But new growth sprouted in spring 2002 and the tree managed to survive another calamity when it was uprooted in a storm in March 2010. The tree is now more than 30 feet high and is anchored by special cables at the National September 11 Memorial in New York City. It was replanted at the World Trade Center site in December 2010.
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Local Muslims give blood to promote sanctity of human life.
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Sunday, September 11, 2011
Muslims from across the Lehigh Valley gave blood at the Bethlehem Township Community Center on Sunday to commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9/11. "I want to help people," said first-time blood donor Fatima Dia of Bethlehem. "Our religion is about helping. Some people don't understand what our religion means. They think all Muslims are bad." The Easton-based chapter of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, which organized the blood drive, was formed more than a year ago and has about 55 members. They worship in each other's homes, but hope to build a local mosque some day. The group hoped to have at least 18 pints of blood donated to the Keystone-Miller Blood Center of Bethlehem but had exceeded that goal with more than 20 pints donated by 2 pm. The…
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Saturday, September 10, 2011
Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community will be giving blood to honor 9/11 victims.
While others memorialize the victims on the tenth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks with speeches, members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community will be giving blood to honor and remember the victims of the terrorist attacks by potentially saving the lives of others. From 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 11, members will be at the Bethlehem Township Community Center as part of “Muslims for Life”, an Ahmadiyya campaign which aims to collect 10,000 units of blood during the month of September in 50 cities across the country to reiterate the message that Islam values the sanctity of life. President of the Lehigh Valley chapter of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA, Naseem Waseem said organizers have also invited 81 other local religious …
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Footage and photos from that day will likely be highly visible all week as we mark 10 years since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
Moms Talk is a weekly feature on all Lehigh Valley Patches in which local parents, caregivers and other members of the community are invited to share opinions and advice on parenting issues. This week’s Moms Talk topic relates to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001: With the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks a week away, it’s likely that youngsters – many of whom weren’t even born on that ill-fated day – will be exposed to disturbing decade-old images on TV, in the newspaper or maybe even at school. Questions will likely will follow, coming from kids who aren’t yet old enough to understand the indelible mark that Sept. 11, 2001 left on the United States and countries around the world. How do you talk to children about the …
Gayle Aquino
6:17 pm on Wednesday, September 19, 2012
It's a shame that a person can't voice their opinion without someone making it a personal attack. My personal opinion on whether or not I feel it's appropriate for my 11 year old children to see the faces of the people who jumped has nothing to do with 'growing up'. It has everything to do with whether or not I, as a parent, feel it's appropriate. I don't shield my children from negative things … more ›