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Natalie Migliore, WOR Reporter · Curtis Sliwa & Larry Mendte In The Morning

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  Speaker 1: Now, it's 710 WOR Speed on the Street with Natalie Migliore. Natalie,
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  Speaker 1: we're one day away from the commemoration tomorrow, Friday, and
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  Speaker 1: you've been doing great with your series on 9-11 memories.
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  Speaker 1: What do you have in store for us today?
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  Speaker 2: Well, really what we're focusing on today before I head
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  Speaker 2: down there tomorrow, because every year I go down there
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  Speaker 2: for the coverage and this is a momentous milestone year,
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  Speaker 2: 25 years. Really, it comes as it'll come the day
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  Speaker 2: after New York City kids go back to school. They're
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  Speaker 2: going back to school today. And we're focusing on maybe
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  Speaker 2: some people who don't have memories of this day because
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  Speaker 2: they weren't even here. So as time goes on, the
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  Speaker 2: importance of never forgetting seems to strengthen for those directly
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  Speaker 2: impacted by the events and even those just in the
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  Speaker 2: area at the time. And the city council recently announced
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  Speaker 2: free field trips to the 9-11 Memorial and Museum for
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  Speaker 2: Public School Students. But the question has become whether or
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  Speaker 2: not kids are learning about the day and In the classroom,
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  Speaker 2: I had a lengthy conversation with Aaliyah, who says her
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  Speaker 2: most impressionable lesson did not come from the classroom.
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  Speaker 3: I've heard a lot about 9-11. I personally wasn't alive
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  Speaker 3: when it happened, but I remember reading a book about it.
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  Speaker 3: It really changed my point of view. It changed how
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  Speaker 3: I saw it, changed my empathy and how I understood it.
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  Speaker 3: I think that it was really important reading it. It
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  Speaker 3: was in sixth grade. It was such a monumental book
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  Speaker 3: for me because it was stuff that I didn't know.
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  Speaker 3: wasn't necessarily talked about, but the book really went into
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  Speaker 3: depth about it. It talked about the personal experiences of
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  Speaker 3: people that were in 9-11. And I think it just
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  Speaker 3: really helped me. And I feel like it would be
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  Speaker 3: able to help other New Yorkers as well.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, Leah says it's not just reading about that day
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  Speaker 2: in facts, but hearing personal stories that allowed her to
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  Speaker 2: connect with what happened. And when I asked if she
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  Speaker 2: feels people her age in their 20s truly understand what
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  Speaker 2: happened that day, She says some of her peers could
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  Speaker 2: use to take a deeper dive.
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  Speaker 3: I think they do. I just don't think that they
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  Speaker 3: take it serious enough. I think there are way too
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  Speaker 3: many jokes made about it, considering how many people died
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  Speaker 3: in such a tragedy, how many people have trauma about
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  Speaker 3: it now, how many people are still reliving that moment.
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  Speaker 3: I think that it's one of those situations where it
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  Speaker 3: shouldn't be a joke because there are people still alive
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  Speaker 3: that experience 9-11.
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  Speaker 2: Now, FDNY First Deputy Commissioner William Fiam died responding to
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  Speaker 2: the attacks that day, but his son and grandson weigh
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  Speaker 2: in on how this day in history differently makes its impact.
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  Speaker 4: Informing, especially younger generations, I don't know, anything that happened
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  Speaker 4: before us, it's like, yeah, we're taught about it, but
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  Speaker 4: the emotional stamp isn't there. And I don't know if
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  Speaker 4: anybody's at fault for that. And I don't know if
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  Speaker 4: that necessarily needs to change because This is what happens
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  Speaker 4: in the world, you know, and it's terrible to say that,
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  Speaker 4: but tragedies happen. And this is unique to us because
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  Speaker 4: it happened to us, but tragedies happen all around the
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  Speaker 4: world and they're all equally terrible.
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  Speaker 5: You know, the other part, what inspiration are we taking? What,
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  Speaker 5: you know, what is our North Star in life, right?
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  Speaker 5: And we saw a lot. We saw the actions of
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  Speaker 5: those people that day. And then we saw the actions
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  Speaker 5: of all the people that came to help and supported us. And,
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  Speaker 5: you know, what are we doing? And, you know, what
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  Speaker 5: is our focus? And so I think I consider it
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  Speaker 5: a sacred obligation, you know, to try to do my
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  Speaker 5: best to emulate that in whatever small way that I'm
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  Speaker 5: given the opportunity to do.
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  Speaker 2: Now, even though 40 states mandate 9-11 to be taught
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  Speaker 2: in some form, there's no tight curriculum. There's no True
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  Speaker 2: curriculum that needs to be followed. Simply put, from one
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  Speaker 2: impacted directly, there are so many resources to learn about
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  Speaker 2: this day. Listen, we are 25 years post-disaster with a
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  Speaker 2: lot of people that clearly don't understand what occurred that day.
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  Speaker 1: Educate and talk about it, just like you and I
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  Speaker 1: are sitting here talking about it now.
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  Speaker 5: I mean, somebody needs to get on Google.
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  Speaker 2: Simply google it maybe rather than sitting there and not
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  Speaker 2: knowing about it but really that deeper dive there is
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  Speaker 2: no true curriculum in in new york city public schools today.
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  Speaker 1: As you pointed out first day of registration 885 000
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  Speaker 1: students less than we've had before tomorrow is a mandatory
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  Speaker 1: school day there's no day off you would think they
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  Speaker 1: would devote the entire day to explanations on what had happened.
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  Speaker 1: As you pointed out, none of these folks were alive.
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  Speaker 1: Many of the teachers weren't alive at that time. And
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  Speaker 1: just deal with the facts so that young people are
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  Speaker 1: at least exposed to this. Many of them will not
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  Speaker 1: be exposed to this at home. And I guarantee you,
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  Speaker 1: when we return on Monday, because I'm going to be
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  Speaker 1: asking around, it's probably not going to be discussed. It
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  Speaker 1: hasn't been discussed in previous years. My own sons who
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  Speaker 1: have gone to public schools have said, Oh, Daddy, they
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  Speaker 1: don't discuss it because they say it'll hurt people's feelings.
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  Speaker 2: That's the reasoning behind it for some teachers or you
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  Speaker 2: think schools as a whole?
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  Speaker 1: Well, it starts at the top and it filters down.
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  Speaker 1: So at the very top, we'll see if it's done
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  Speaker 1: on Friday, not just here, but other school districts outside
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  Speaker 1: of New York City.
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  Speaker 5: Thanks, Natalie.
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  Speaker 1: Natalie Migliore is going to be back tomorrow morning with
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  Speaker 1: several reports from downtown at the 9-11 ceremony. Thank you, Natalie.