Drawings from East Elementary third graders about first responders and 9-11:

East Elementary third graders share thoughts on first responders:

A fireman has an important job because they save lives. Firemen put out fires. They work hard to save us. They sometimes lose their lives. Firemen are heroes.
-Luke King, 3rd Grade, Arnette

A fireman is a person that helps the community by putting out fires. A fireman is brave and gets cats from trees, and keeps you safe.
-Ethan Eller, 3rd Grade, Arnette

Police, fireman, solider, and more they are important. They help people in a town. A police officer catches bad people because they won’t hurt you. Fireman helps you by putting our fires because you won’t get burned. Soldiers help you by fighting for our life and justice. That’s why they are important.
-Jasmine Cook, 3rd Grade, Arnette

The first responders are important because they save the town. A fireman fight fires. Soldiers fight for the country. The police arrest people if they brake the law or do something. Firemen, soldiers, and police do save the town.
-Jonathan Rodriguez-Chavarria, 3rd Grade, Arnette

Soldiers really help us when we need them. Soldiers really, really helped us in the past. Soldiers long ago died because of all those wars they had fought in the past. The World Wars killed millions of lives. Soldiers are still helping us in the present. They soon might be helping us in the future. That’s why we have Veteran’s Day, to remember all those people who died just to save our country. Soldiers are my heroes.
-Mahi Patel, 3rd Grade, Arnette

When I grow up I want to be a fireman and put out the fire and drive a fire truck and save people. When there house is on fire it is important to save people when house is on fire if we don’t save them they can burn.
-Quallye

1. First responders are important because if there’s a fire and you don’t pick up they could die.
2. And they’re important because if someone breaks into a bank and someone is hiding they could take all the money or kill the person who is hiding.
3. And first responders are important because you’ll never know who it is if you don’t pick up.
-Reece Terry, 3rd Grade, Tanner

Thank you for what you do for us. Ya’ll are very kind and ya’ll are very important! Also thank you for protecting us! Thank you for what you do!
-Johnna Brigman, 3rd Grade, Tanner

The policeman is important because they protect people from getting in danger. They also help us from getting killed. It’s good having policemen.
-Danya Crawford, 3rd Grade, Watson

1. A police is a person that keeps our country safe.
2. A police is important because they keep very bad people.
3. Some police is the best when you is in danger.
-Zan’Quasia Brown, 3rd Grade, Watson

Police are important because they rescue us. The police also arrest people because they don’t want us to get hurt. And they also help the world and good people from bad people. The police are good to have around.
-Kira Carnes, 3rd Grade, Watson

First Responders are important because they rescue people. They help people stay safe. They help people when they get hurt. They help people when they break their leg.
-Kaitlyn Lee, 3rd Grade, Watson

A police is important because he helps people. They take bad people to jail. Police can protect.
-Jesire Lampley, 3rd Grade, Watson

The police is important because if a man try to kill somebody and you need the police help that is why it is important.
-Jy’kia, 3rd Grade, Watson

The police are important because they find bad guys and arrest them. Police also protect our community too. They help people and that’s why police are important.
-Caleb Mincey, 3rd Grade, Watson

All people who protect our world like police officers. They can keep this place save. They can also take their dogs with them too.
-Rejanoud Tyson, 3rd Grade, Watson

Soldiers are important because they fight for our country. They save our lives. They mean so much to me. They fight other country. They move all over the world to fight for our country. Soldiers are AWESOME people!
-Justice Rathfon, Bryant

Soldiers are important because protect are country. They are the most important first responders. They fight people in Russia that are fighting the U.S. Sometimes they work with the police. Win there is a bad situation they are there. They help everybody.
-Joseph, Bryant

Firefighters are important to me because they come really quite. When people call them when there house is on fire. That’s why fireman is important to me when somebody house is on fire they spray water and they help people and kids get out of the house and they take them to the hospital to get check by the doctor and the nurses. That’s why firemen are important to us.
-Josiah, Bryant

Soldiers are important to our country. They serve our country. They fight different countries. They fight for our rights. I think soldiers are awesome.
-Brenden Miles, Bryant

The policeman came to my home to see the door. He look at the door he saw the door and said I have to write a read report on the door. The policeman came back the next day. I get to go to my car.
-Demareon, Bryant

Firefighters are important to me because they spray fair off of buildings. They also help people that are on fair. I like firefighters because they are cool because there fire trucks look so cool. I love firefight so much because there the best firefights in the would.
-Emma, Bryant

Policemen are important to people. The save good people and they get the bad guys. They take them to prison. They stay in prison for some year. They take you to safe places. I feel great because we have policemen.
-Devonne Hamilton, Bryant

Policemen are important to me because they help me when someone breaks into our house. If someone tried to steel something in our house when we were asleep I would wake up and call the police. Somebody once broke into our house and tried to kill my puppy. I called the police again and they were hear before he could shoot and then I decided to keep my puppy in the house for now. A person broke into our house again. I called the police again and he got arrested again and then we put locks on our doors and windows so that no one could break into our house again.
-Ja’Monte, Bryant

Lake View High School eighth graders share thoughts about:

On September the 11th, 2001, there was a terrorist attack that resulted in two planes hitting the Twin Towers. My mom was in the Break-Room at Dillon Family Medicine watching the news. She said she was scared. The whole work was scared. Actually, the whole country was scared.
-Jordan King

September 11th was a horrific day for the whole country. Even though my family wasn’t personally involved with any of the people who passed away that day, it was still a very upsetting experience. My dad told me he was working at Vernay Manufacturing when the terrible event took place. My dad thinks that it is ridiculous and sad that we have to worry about those types of things happening. He said that the rest of the day, he couldn’t help but wonder if the terrorists were going to strike again somewhere around us.
-Zoe Smallwood

On September 11th, 2001, horror struck the hearts of America. My grandma, who was currently six hours into her flight, was suddenly and unexpectedly put on a halt. With pained expressions, people explained the tragic event. The first tower was hit, not only a little later, the second was hit. We then knew this was no accident. My grandma not only announced she’d never go in a plane again, but she’d never be able to come to America; especially not after what happened that heart wrenching day.
-Audrey McDonald

September 11 was a very scary day for my family! I was only nine months when all of this happened, and my mama was pregnant with my brother, Elijah. My mom was in Lake View, South Carolina when this attack occurred.
She was terrified for her life and mine. An attack in the United States for what???
September 11 so many lives were lost and so many of them are scared and all for nothing.
My family was very scared about what happened, and her fear was the attack would happen again.
-Hannah Bethea

My aunt was really heart struck by the 9/11 bombing. She was in the hospital on the air force base when it happened. Her reaction was a sick feeling, not only because of the Twin Towers going down, but also because she wasn’t near my cousin, who was three months old. Her biggest fear was not being able to get to her baby, because the base was on lockdown.
-Dezirae M. Adgerson

When I was very young, a baby, 9/11 was happening. I had some family that lived close to the towers. They had watched it. I watched it when I was older, and I wondered what my cousins had gone through. My mom told me that they had watched it, but they weren’t in it. I was scared for them ever after, I wondered what happened to them, how they felt. They were there, looking in tragedy as it fell, my biggest fear was that I hoped another attack had not taken place so my cousins would be ok. So they eventually got over the terror, and they are fine now.
-Brooke Page

What September 11th means to me and my family is a lot. Since the United States got through this tragedy, it will be one to always remember. When this took place, I was two months old and also my mom was watching tv when the alert came on tv. This was a horrible tragedy and, I feel sorry for the families.
-Karleigh Page

September 11th was a rough point in our history. I was only one at the time, so I don’t really have a clear memory on what happened, but my grandma does. She was working at Anvil, and she was getting off work when she got a frantic call from her sister saying, “Turn on the news.” So she turned the t.v. on and saw bombs and what not. My grandma said she was worried about the terrorists coming at us and blowing up the rest of the world.
-Keyshawna Coleman

What does September 11, 2001 mean to my father, Gary E. Cook? On September 11, 2001, my father was at Saint Eugene Hospital in Dillon, South Carolina with his mother, Wanda Hayes Cook. His thoughts about what happened on that day were that he was utterly shocked and didn’t understand what was happening. His biggest fear after it happened was that a war would outbreak between the United States and Al Qaeda. He was also upset because of the 346 brother and sister firefighters and police officers that died fighting.
-Madison Cook

What does September 11th mean to me? It is a scary thought that I could of died a week before I turned one. The lives that were taken is sad, but I still am alive. If I was old enough to understand I’d be scared that they could of attacked here and killed my loved ones. The fact that they took down those buildings that they were our property.
-Braedyn Scott

On September 11, 2001 at around 8:00 am, I was lying in my mom’s arms while she was watching the tragic news and rocking me to sleep in her rocking chair. I don’t think only Americans woke up on that normal, beautiful, early fall morning thinking, “this day will go down as one of the darkest and scariest days in American history.” Not only did it affect the United States, but also countries all around the world. It really did change the world forever and even today. Almost 13 years from that day, we still remember, and we will always remember. Every time I look back at what happened that day, I just know that if we all stand together as a nation, then we will overcome even the darkest days.
-Haley Miller

What does September 11th mean to me? September 11th means a lot to me because of what it did to the community of New York. And it means a lot to me because what they did to those towers. And I pray for the people that were in there and most for the ones who died.
-Ship

To my family, September 11th was a shock and a heart break. My mom just had me a couple of months before it happened. My mom was scared for my life and hers. My mom didn’t know what to think or do; they were all lost in the mind.
-Phillip McRay

What happened on September 11th is very sad. It’s scary to know there are such horrible people in this world. It must be very hard for the families of the people that passed away; they have a yearly reminder of how they lost their loved ones. I was only a baby when this happened, and I hope it never, ever happens again.
-Natalie Hardee

My family thinks that 9/11 was a time when we thought someone was going to bomb everyone. When 9/11 occurred, my mom was at work, and I was at daycare. My parents were scared that something was going to happen in our area. Our biggest fear was that other terrorist attacks might occur. I might have only been ten months old, but I can still remember everyone was so terrified and they were so sad about what happened to all of those people. It was all so tragic.
-Amanda Jones

September 11th was horrible for me and my family. I was terribly scared because I had family in New York. I was hoping they were okay. Then afterwards I was getting sad making sure my family was okay and they were not injured or dead.
-DeAsia Reaves

September 11, 2001 was when tragedy struck America. I remember my mom sitting on the couch watching the news. The tragedy was awful. People were jumping off the buildings. It changed everyone’s lives. It has truly left its mark on America. My mom doesn’t even like talking about it.
-Shaylie Martindell

September 11th means a time of sadness, ignorance, and disappointment to me. I think that those terrorists were ignorant for killing themselves for that reason. Those people did not do anything to get killed like that for no reason.
-Jason