Children use firefighter equipment to empathize with heroes lost on 9/11
Published 4:48 pm Monday, September 11, 2023
Contributed Photo/Elizabethton co-op of Tri-Cities Education Association for Christian Homeschoolers (TEACH) held a 9/11 experience for some of their youth Monday in partnership with the Elizabethton Fire Department and their co-op home, Immanuel Baptist Church.
Contributed Photo/Each student was assigned a fallen hero from 9/11 and given his or her bio to read before climbing stairs similar to what each climbed on Sept. 11, 2001, with their packs on their backs.
Contributed Photo/Each student was assigned a fallen hero from 9/11 and given his or her bio to read before climbing stairs similar to what each climbed on Sept. 11, 2001, with their packs on their backs.
Contributed Photo/Each student was assigned a fallen hero from 9/11 and given his or her bio to read before climbing stairs similar to what each climbed on Sept. 11, 2001, with their packs on their backs.
Contributed Photo/Each student was assigned a fallen hero from 9/11 and given his or her bio to read before climbing stairs similar to what each climbed on Sept. 11, 2001, with their packs on their backs.
Contributed Photo/Kassandra Bowling gives a thumbs-up, letting everyone know she is ready.
Contributed Photo/Each student was assigned a fallen hero from 9/11 and given his or her bio to read before climbing stairs similar to what each climbed on Sept. 11, 2001, with their packs on their backs.
Contributed Photo/Each student was assigned a fallen hero from 9/11 and given his or her bio to read before climbing stairs similar to what each climbed on Sept. 11, 2001, with their packs on their backs.
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Angela Cutrer
Star Correspondent
The Elizabethton co-op of Tri-Cities Education Association for Christian Homeschoolers (TEACH) held a 9/11 experience for some of their youth Monday in partnership with the Elizabethton Fire Department and their co-op home, Immanuel Baptist Church.
Firefighter Jarread Whitehead and Sgt. William Shoun assisted Kim Berry, TEACH Elizabethton instructor, with the experience. “In what became a very somber moment, each student was assigned a fallen hero from 9/11 and given his or her bio to read before climbing stairs similar to what each climbed on Sept. 11, 2001, with their packs on their backs,” Berry said. “In the Bible, John 15:13 tells us that, ‘Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends,’” she added. “It is our hope that these students were reminded of this verse today and gained a greater appreciation today for those first responders who lay their lives on the line for us daily.”
