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At this time, the New York City media, communities, and the children's homes were saturated with discussion about proposals for a September 11th memorial. Within the larger subject of parks and playgrounds that their teacher was introducing, the children shared what they knew of the adult conversations going on around them--about how to memorialize and heal from this tragic event.

Maya: There was a competition to build a memorial. My dad was in it.

Alex: They said they wouldn't build anything where the towers were. It would be disrespectful.

Joeline: If they build it again, they could hijack planes and blow them up again. Why bother? More people would die.

Alex: Not more than twenty stories.

Jamila: They are not going to build because they feel sad, so they don't want to build anything.

Joachim: If it happens again it would be more deadlier.

Michael: They are going to build offices.

Alex: That would not be right, like not caring about the Twin Towers.

Emmett: If there's an office, nobody would want to work there. Then, if terrorists crash into it, no one would die because nobody would be working.

Jamila: It's okay to build an office because the Trade Towers already were an office. Like Alex said, just not too big.

Joeline: The Trade Towers were not just an office... [there was] a hotel, swimming pool, gym... They should have a special part so relatives or friends won't be offended that people don't care.

Jamila: That's very sad. You would never not care. My mom said, and I think, that they did it on purpose. I don't know why.

Eleanor: I went to a show about it. There was a museum with pictures and telescopes to look through to see what the buildings would look like.

Alex: They might not be able to build a memorial because thousands of relatives were voting. They didn't like the ideas in the newspaper.