9/11 20 Years Later: P.S. 89 Principal Veronica Najjar Remembers Helping Students To Safety In Lower Manhattan

CBS New York

September 10, 2021

Twenty years ago, there were five schools in the area surrounding the World Trade Center.

In the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, thousands of children were forced to flee to safety.

“Once we realized that the second plane had hit the South Tower, we had to quickly get the kids away from any classrooms that had windows, because we didn’t know if there were going to be air attacks,” Public School 89 Principal Veronica Najjar told CBS2’s Cindy Hsu.

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