Sept. 11, 2002 Photo Gallery

        Their television tuned to the Ground Zero ceremony, Adam Josefczyk and his mother, Robin, sat silently at their kitchen table Wednesday as the nation observed a minute of silence.

        The 13-year-old home-schooled eighth-grader from Anderson Township remembers the terrorist attacks like yesterday.

        He was at the kitchen table doing his history lesson when his dad called with the news.

Adam Josefczyk reads names of 9/11 victims as part of a history lesson with his mother, Robin. (Tony Jones photo) | ZOOM |

        “I was in shock the whole week,” recalled Adam, one of an estimated 60,000 home-schooled children in Ohio. “I couldn't believe it happened. It was a scary feeling the first day.”

        One year later, Adam watched an hour of television as part of his history lesson and then wrote a paper detailing the good that has come from this tragedy.

        “It's drawn more people to God and church,” he said. “We cherish family and friends a lot more. We found out who the real heroes are. They aren't baseball players who make $250 million a year. They're ordinary people — firefighters and policemen who give their lives and put others first.”

        He said freedom was just a word until Sept. 11. Now it means much more.

        “We'll never be the same again, but I think we've changed for the better.”

— Cindy Kranz

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