[thunderdome]

Harold Levy said the study was a ``wakeup call.''

A wakeup call to properly profile airport travelers, a call to stop doing body cavity searches on Japanese grandmothers, a call to stop being PC about finding terrorists.

The children that witnessed this and experienced the direct effects of terrorism will grow up to be stronger, more decisive people than the wimpy leaders that we now have running law enforcement around this country. Unless some gaia worshipping psychiatrist gets a hold of them to give them a good victim-complex for the rest of their lives.

/cynical_hat_off_now

[EggsAckley]

Don't tell O'Reilly about this. He has said over and over that anyone who claims to have depression about 9/11 has a "character flaw." He actually gets angry about reports like this. That's when I stopped watching him. By spouting off on something of which he's ignorant, his credibility was ruined for me.

JMHO, of course......

[tcostell]

The board of education study showed that in the 1-point-1 million pupil school system, an estimated 75,000 children likely showed six or more symptoms of post-traumatic stress enough to be diagnosed with the disorder.

No offense, but these people can't teach these kids to read and write, what makes them so capable at analyzing their mental health? I'd be willing to bet that if the results are legitimate, then a significant portion of the children would have tested that way BEFORE 9/11.

[Zorobabel]

I watched the PBS Nova special last night about what made the towers fall. It was a technical show about the design weaknesses and strengths of the WTC and what exactly caused the buildings to collapse, each in a different way. I found myself reliving the horror and extreme anger at what these Muslim swine did to us. I want to see Islam destroyed as a religion, as a civilization. In didn't think I had that kind of extreme anger in me, but I do.

[Motherhood IS a career]

"Schools Chancellor Harold Levy said the study was a ``wakeup call.''"

A wake up call to what?

First of all, why is this news? There's a horrible incident, it's replayed all over the media until it's burned into our memories forever, and people (not just children) are in shock. Gee, what a surprise! I would have never guessed it, had it not been for this enlightening Board of Ed study (performed with our tax money, of course.)

Of course the children are in shock! Sh*%, I'M still in shock, and I'm an adult, and I was miles from ground zero.

The Board of Ed will no doubt use the results of this study to explain why they can't teach the kids squat. In my opinion, THAT's the real reason for the study. To use it as another excuse why Johnny can't read, and to extort more money from the taxpayers.