This is Moore County: A Young Perspective on 9/11

Fulton Smith, Andy Jenkins, Shamiso Kodzai and Ramsey Milligan are fifth-graders at The O'Neal School. The students were barely 1 year old when the terrorist attacks occurred on Sept. 11, and their perspective on the event has been shaped by the stories they have heard about the attacks over time. Kathy Taylor/Special to the Pilot

By Hannah Sharpe

As of Saturday, September 10, 2011

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A Young Perspective on 9/11

As we pause to remember what happened 10 years ago on Sept. 11, it's easy to forget that most of Moore County's younger residents were too young to understand the horrific events that forever changed the United States.

Fifth-graders from The O'Neal School, Fulton Smith, Shamiso Kodzai, Ramsey Milligan and Andy Jenkins, discuss their perspective of the 10th anniversary of 9/11.

Because the students were barely a year old when the terrorist attacks occurred, they only know a post-9/11 world and have based their views of the event on the stories told to them by the adults in their lives.