Teaching Our Kids About 9/11 (Remembering BKO)

newmajority.com ^ | 9/10/09 | Danielle Crittenden

[killer_rat]

n my kitchen bulletin board is a 2″ X 4″ photo of a beautiful blonde woman flashing a radiant smile. Sometimes the photo goes missing under a school notice or a temporary “art installation” — but the photo is never removed. It was first pinned up eight years ago on our old bulletin board; it resumed its position on our new one, immediately after we renovated our kitchen.

It was only during the past year that my youngest child, Beatrice, now seven, asked after this otherwise total stranger who peers out from amongst the detritus of our family life.

“Barbara K. Olson.” She sounded out the words below the photo slowly but with the pride of an improving reader. “December 27, 1955. September 11, 2001.”

[killer_rat]

One of many heroes on 9/11. RIP, Barbara.

[mnehring]

Related thread, a tribute to FReepers lost on that day.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2337265/posts

[Old Sarge]

RIP BKO.

[CT]

Do we still have copies of some of her great posts?

[Old Sarge]

Almighty MOD might know...

[HeartlandOfAmerica]

I can't tell you how many times in the past 8 years I'd be going about my day and suddenly into my head pops, "They killed Barbie Olson!" and my hatred of Islam boils up in me all over again, as if 9/11/2001 had just happened.

RIP to a beautiful lady.

[IoCaster]