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The following day, she composed open letters to America's families, focusing on elementary and middle school students, which she distributed through state education officials.

She took an interest in mitigating the emotional effects of the attacks on children, particularly the disturbing images repeatedly replayed on television.

On the one-year anniversary, she encouraged parents to instead read to their children, and perhaps light a candle in memoriam, saying, " Don't let your children see the images, especially on September 11, when you know it'll probably be on television again and again — the plane hitting the building or the buildings falling.