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Sept. 11: a decade later
6:35 am
Wed September 7, 2011

To these kids, 9/11 is history: teaching a national tragedy

Credit (Julie Bierach/St. Louis Public Radio)
Debbie Sobeck and her fifth grade class at Kennerly Elementary School discussing the events of Sept. 11.
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It’s been ten years since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.  To mark the anniversary, teachers are discussing the event with students.

Julie Bierach reports on how one fifth grade teacher at a St. Louis County elementary school is using a lesson about 9/11 to teach about character.

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Sept. 11: a decade later
6:35 am
Tue September 6, 2011

Wash U: research against bioterrorism progressing, ten years after 9/11

Credit (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Kyle Steckler)
U.S. Navy personnel take samples from a mock anthrax pile during a Chemical, Biological, Radiological (CBR) decontamination drill aboard an aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf in 2007.
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Soon after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, letters laced with anthrax started appearing in the U.S. mail, killing five people and sickening 17 others.

The incidents triggered a surge in research dedicated to preventing future bioterrorism attacks.

St. Louis Public Radio’s Véronique LaCapra spoke with Washington University virologist David Wang about his research on emerging infectious diseases, and how his work is helping to combat bioterrorism.

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