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A YOUTHFUL
PERSPECTIVE
Never

Again FORGET
Again FORGET

by Tinsley Drake – Talkington School For Young Women Leaders

eptember 11, 2001, the day how this tragic event affected sandwiches, which could be heated
that Americans vowed to their lives. Every year around this up in the oven, salad, and brownies
Sremember, is becoming time, my mom checks out books for dessert. While we made meals,
forgotten. This day was a shock from the library about 9/11 to help the moms told us stories of what
to all Americans and was the us understand the event and its they were doing on 9/11 and how
beginning of a new surge of effects. Without their storytelling, it changed their lives. One of the
patriotism. American flags my brother and I would have never themes of the stories was how
were displayed on so many come to understand this event and courageous the first responders
American homes, the moment how it affected our country. were on that day. Firefighters,
of silence was integrated into police officers, and other public
school announcements, and first This past September was the 20th servants put their lives on the line to
responders and all those who died anniversary of 9/11, and to honor save others.
were honored. This only happened that, a mother of three students at
twenty years ago, but the memory is the Margaret Talkington School for After making the meals, we divided
fading with time, only to be brought Young Women Leaders (a 6th-12th up to deliver to all the fire stations
up in history class. grade all-girls school in Lubbock of Lubbock. When we arrived at
ISD) decided to do something the different fire stations, we were
It is a shame that such an incredible special for the firefighters in surprised to see that we were some
moment in American history Lubbock. She gathered a group of the only ones who had thought
that united the country is being of moms and lots of Talkington of the firefighters on the 20th
forgotten. We have forgotten our students to make meals for all 19 anniversary. Many people really
heritage, our patriotism, and our fire stations in Lubbock. Part of the have forgotten about this tragic
unity. The events of September 11, Talkington mission is to give back event.
2001 were a reawakening, a horrible to the community, so this was a
one, but an awakening, nonetheless. perfect opportunity to do that. While visiting the fire stations, the
firefighters showed us around and
As a 14-year-old, my parents tell On the day of the 20th anniversary, taught us about what they do in
me stories about what they were the group met and prepared meals their day-to-day jobs. They also
doing on September 11, 2001, and for all the fire stations. We made taught us about the various kinds of

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