Avery Black

“That was the part that I wasn't really taught until I did my own research. It's really hard to explain what a terrorist is to a child.”

Avery Black · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-11

Black said she did not learn who was behind the attacks until she conducted her own research.

“She just started telling me where she was the day it happened, and just broke down in tears, explaining to me about all the firefighters that went in and never came out,”

Avery Black · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-11

Black recalled asking her mother about 9/11 after first hearing about it in elementary school.