NEW YORK (AP) — For Lower Manhattan resident Lauren Eskelin, the World Trade Center anniversary provides a teaching moment.
The television producer took her 7-year-old daughter, Eden, to Saint Paul’s Chapel on Thursday to experience the anniversary.
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Eden wasn’t alive yet when the trade center was attacked. The family moved into the neighborhood afterward.
But she’s read books about 9/11 and says it “seems very sad.”
Eden agrees with her mom that it’s important to learn from history.
Still, Eskelin realizes it’s a scary subject for kids.
She stresses the positive — including the “new life” in their neighborhood.
Eden was heading to school after the chapel visit, and planned to share the experience with her classmates.