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"How I Felt on September 11th" by Alex, age 13 (Crispell Middle School, Pine Bush, NY).

Drawing depicting a self-portrait of a young man with short hair and a big frown. Behind him is a drawing of the Twin Towers. The tower on the left is on fire and the tower on the right is about to be hit by an approaching airplane. Handwritten text around the border of the drawing reads: "My picture shows how I felt on September 11th. When Osama Bin Laden hired men to do a suicide mission and crash a plane into the WTC. I felt hatred and fear that he would strike again."
Historical Notes
On September 11, 2001, there were more than 1.1 million schoolchildren in New York City. New York University’s Child Study Center sprang into action, releasing two manuals on coping with the emotional fallout of the attacks by September 12. The Center would go on to screen and treat children for 9/11-related trauma, as well as solicit artwork for exhibition.

New York University’s Child Study Center and The Museum of the City of New York collaborated to pay tribute to children’s artistic responses to September 11 with the exhibition titled The Day Our World Changed: Children’s Art of 9/11. This juried exhibition contained artworks selected from a pool of hundreds compiled by the Center. The Day Our World Changed aimed to provide insight into how some of the nation’s youngest citizens coped with the events of September 11 and how they envisioned the future of their city, their nation, and the global community.
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  • Accession Number: C.2010.268.29
  • Dimensions: 20.5 in X 20 in
  • Dimensions (Metric): 52.07 cm X 50.8 cm
  • Source: NYU Child Study Center
  • Credit Line: Gift of NYU Child Study Center
Keywords
AviationChildrenChildren's ArtSchoolsTwin TowersWitnesses
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