9/11 Moment of Silence Missing at Some SouthCoast Schools

How was school today?  The answer from my teenaged son is predictably the same every day.  "Good," he'll say as he drops his 50 pound backpack on the kitchen table.  Any answer beyond the one syllable response is a miracle.  That's why I was so shocked to get actual feedback yesterday.

"Today was the first time in my life we didn't have a moment of silence on 9/11," he said.  "It was kind of weird not having anything."

He said it is normally something that is covered during morning announcements, a moment of silence, but he didn't hear anything yesterday.

Now, let me say that I realize the likelyhood that there was something done at the school and my son simply missed it is pretty high.  However, when we talked about it on the air this morning, there were a number of parents that called and said their child's school also did not acknowledge 9/11 with a moment of silence.

No Ceremony at Acushnet World Trade Center Site

The Town of Acushnet, which houses a piece of the World Trade Center in front of the police and fire stations didn't hold a ceremony yesterday.  That was the first time that has happened since September 11, 2001.

"Come to think of it," Maddie said, "I didn't notice much in my newsfeed yesterday."  Normally, you'll see people change their profile pic or acknowledge the day in some way.  I have to say, I didn't see much of that in my newsfeed, either.

However, we had multiple parents of Greater New Bedford Voc Tech students that said that the school made an announcement at 8:46am and conducted a moment of silence to remember 9/11.

To be fair, we are rounding home on 25 years since that terrible day.  As some parents this morning pointed out, not one single student who attends school was alive for 9/11...including the vast majority of college students.

As firmly as I believe in continuing to take a moment of silence to commemorate 9/11, the fact of the matter is we didn't do that for Pearl Harbor Day.  That was something that just lived in the history books.

"Sadly, are we coming to a time when only the milestone years like 25 and 30 years will be fully recognized?" wondered Maddie.