Don’t let 9/11 fade for NY’s kids — schools must teach its heroism and horrors

Millions of New Yorkers remain scarred by the events of Sept. 11, 2001, when terrorists stole almost 3,000 innocent lives and made our state into Ground Zero for the worst terror attack America has ever suffered.

But for today’s K-12 students, 9/11 is not memory — it is history.

None of them were alive to experience it.

That’s why we, the parents, educators and leaders who lived it, have a responsibility to ensure they never forget it...