Radio Rookies from WNYC capture aftermath of 9/11 for teens

By Radio Rookies series

For those of you who enjoy what ThreeSixty’s teens do, you should check out this radio series out of New York City by teens deeply affected by the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. — Annie Nelson, editor

Our 9/11: Growing Up in The Aftermath

To mark the 10th Anniversary of 9/11, Radio Rookies, WNYC’s Peabody Award-winning youth journalism program, presents “Our 9/11: Growing Up in The Aftermath,” an hour special hosted by NPR’s Brooke Gladstone.

“Last spring, Radio Rookies put out a call for young people to tell us about their 9/11. In this hour, six young people report on the ways that day and what came after shaped who they are now. Some faced deep personal losses and others felt changed because they were so young when the towers fell.

Eric’s older brother Paul worked in Tower 1 and never made it home.

Jillian lost her father, a New York City police officer.

Norhan suddenly found herself the target of other kids’ animosity and fear because she is Muslim.

Brendan and Joey weren’t personally affected by the attacks, but they felt called to service.

Erin, whose father was a New York City firefighter, spent the months after 9/11 attending funerals and watching her father struggle to recover from injuries both physical and psychological.” — From WNYC’s Radio Rookies project, distributed by PRX Our 9/11: Growing Up in the Aftermath.

Listen to their radio stories below