For students from elementary to high school,
the Sept. 11 terrorist attack isn’t a memory. It’s
history. A new HBO documentary that debuts on
the event’s 18th anniversary treats it that way.
The necessity of her project, “What Happened
on September 11,” struck filmmaker Amy
Schatz when a third grade girl told her about
a playdate where she and a friend Googled
“Sept. 11 attacks.”
“When a child does that, what he or she finds
are some pretty horrific images that are not
necessarily appropriate for kids,” Schatz said. “So