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HBO Produces Documentary to Help Kids Understand 9/11

Associated Press

   NEW YORK - 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
   Tuesday. "So I felt a responsibility to try to fill that void and try
   to give kids something that isn't horrifying and kind of fills in the
   gap."

   The half-hour film debuts Wednesday at 6 p.m. A companion piece,
   focusing on the memories of former students at a high school near
   Ground Zero, premieres three hours later.

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