{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The News Journal","provider_url":"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net","title":"9\/11: Teaching what she lived through &ndash; The News Journal","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"vUolkNx3JF\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/9-11-teaching-what-she-lived-through\/\">9\/11: Teaching what she lived through<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/9-11-teaching-what-she-lived-through\/embed\/#?secret=vUolkNx3JF\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;9\/11: Teaching what she lived through&#8221; &#8212; The News Journal\" data-secret=\"vUolkNx3JF\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! 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Cheryl Tinsley, who has taught at Corbin for 12 years and been in education for 24 years, said history books have begun to include the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001 \u201cI always stop and teach it over two days,\u201d Tinsley said. \u201cThe reason is that the students in my classes today were not even alive when it happened. They are just reading it from a history book.\u201d Tinsley said she goes beyond the history books to tell the stories of the 2,977 people killed when terrorists hijacked four different commercial jets early that morning. One airliner was crashed into each of the World Trade Center towers, while a third crashed into the \u201cE wing\u201d of the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. The fourth, United Flight 93, became famous as, \u201cthe flight that fought back.\u201d Black box recordings recovered after the plane crashed into a field in Somerset County, Pennsylvania after passengers and crew attempt to regain control from the terrorists. \u201cI explain to them that 2,977 people died just because they went to work that morning,\u201d Tinsley explained noting that part of the lesson involves videos made by family members of the victims as they listen to the black box recordings from the flight. \u201cIt got the kids tearing up,\u201d Tinsley said of watching the interviews. In addition, Tinsley said she plays a portion of NBC\u2019s \u201cToday Show\u201d from that day as it updates the story of the attacks, along with clips from WKYT featuring Bill Bryant and Barbara Bailey to provide the local perspective. In addition to video of the planes crashing into the towers and the towers collapsing, the coverage features scenes of individuals who were trapped on the floors above the fires electing to jump in order to escape. Tinsley said she also uses the virtual tour of the 9\/11 Museum to tour the museum with the assistance of a National Park Ranger. As a homework assignment, Tinsley said she asks her students to go home and interview two people, including a family member, who are old enough to remember the attack. She asks that one of the people be over 50, while the other may have been in junior high or high school at the time. Tinsley said she has also brought in various speakers to give their perspectives of where they were, what they were doing, and how they reacted upon hearing the news of the attack and the events of the day. \u201cI had a lady come in who was supposed to be working in the north tower that day,\u201d Tinsley said. \u201cShe was delayed getting to work because her child was sick.\u201d Tinsley said she also discusses the terrorism aspect and the fact that all 20 hijackers involved were Muslim. In addition, Tinsley said she brings up that some have voiced that the United States brought the attack upon itself through its constant involvement in affairs throughout the world, especially in the Middle East. Finally, Tinsley said she shows the students President George W. Bush\u2019s speech from Ground Zero, noting it shaped the country\u2019s response. \u201cI want them to take away how this shook us to think we could be attacked on our homeland,\u201d Tinsley said. \u201cI don\u2019t hold anything back!\u201d"}