Over three summer days, educators gathered at the Flight 93 National Memorial in rural western Pennsylvania to address a complex challenge: how best to teach the September 11 attacks to a generation born long after 2001. Participants evaluated which details suit younger children and examined how victims' families wish the dead to be commemorated.
Speaking to attendees during one panel, Gordon Felt, whose brother Edward Felt died aboard United Airlines Flight 93, stressed that silence poses the greatest danger to historical memory. "Even worse than getting started wrong or using inappropriate language is the total omission of telling the story," he said. "That’s our biggest fear."
