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- 9/11 Education Live on 9/11/17 - YouTube
- https://sharemylesson.com/blog/teaching-9-11-using-oral-histories-avenue-compassion-and-understanding
- Book and Film
Our Book: We’re Not Leaving 
We're Not Leaving is a compilation of powerful first-person narratives told from the vantage point of World Trade Center disaster workers— police officers, firefighters, construction workers, and other volunteers at the site. From Tyree, a court officer who is trapped in the Tower 2 basement while rescuing a critically injured woman, to Michael, an NYPD detective who spent several months at the disaster site, became disabled from WTC-related illness, and began a foundation to support the families of sick police officers, the book tells the deeply personal stories of thirty-six 9/11 responders, revealing how ordinary people responded to disaster and devastation in extraordinary ways. We're Not Leaving spans that harrowing day; the subsequent rescue and recovery efforts; and the ongoing social, physical, and psychological effects on responders. At the heart of every story is evidence of the kinds of personal strength and resilience that testify to the power of the human spirit.
“I think I did my best. I had a chance to leave and I chose to stay. I wish more people could’ve been saved. I definitely have survivor’s guilt…my body hurts all the time, every day. I try not to give in to that; I just get up and I try to live my life every day to its fullest.”
—Carol, NYPD officer
We’re Not Leaving was covered by the New York Times, Huffington Post, Blogcritics.org, the Washington Post, Bookpage, and other media outlets. The book, published by small and independent publisher Greenpoint Press, is available in paperback and ebook formats at booksellers including Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Powell’s, and Indiebound, and in places like the 9/11 Memorial and Museum store and the FDNY Museum shop. It is our mission to ensure its availability to the reading public, particularly as its subject matter is one of lasting importance.
Our Film
9/11: An American Requiem
The strength of this country is its people and its compassion.”
—from the film 
9/11: An American Requiem is the poignant, inspiring story of the journeys of many World Trade Center responders, from their memories of the hellish scene of the disaster on 9/11 to their renewal ten years later. This unique documentary offers a singular, candid glimpse into the profound long-term effects of 9/11 via the voices of the responders. Although these intimate, unfiltered accounts often relate sorrow and pain, they also celebrate our ability to transcend unimaginable hardships and still maintain our humanity.
The documentary debuted to a crowd of a thousand people at the Stony Brook film festival at Staller Center for the Arts. It has been shown at numerous public events and has also been featured on CBS’s 60 Minutes, PBS, News 12, and in several national and regional media outlets, including the NY Daily News, Newsday, and others.