Lux Middle School honors first responders on Patriot Day

Students at Lux Middle School were met by area first responders for lunch Tuesday.

It was all apart of school wide project to remember Patriot Day.

The entire school began reading "Nine, Ten: a September 11 story," by Nora Raleigh Baskin.

It is about how 9/11 impacted the lives of four middle schoolers, and how it changed our world forever.

"In the book we learned about how the first responders helped get through the event and helped make everybody feel safer even though it was a tragic event that shouldn’t have happened," said Parker Bunting, an 8th grader at Lux.

While the students were learning about the history of 9/11, it only made sense to invite first responders to join in and share some of their experiences.

"We have this whole generation growing up that wasn’t alive during the time of 9/11. They get it on video, they may get it from a news story but they don’t get it from the first hand perspective," said Lincoln Fire Chief Michael Despain.

First responders from Lincoln fire and rescue, police, the red cross, army national guard and more were represented in the school cafeteria.

The students were able to ask questions of our service men and women and enjoy their company.

"The questions they asked were very sophisticated, what was life like before, what did you learn, what were you thinking, didn’t that scare you, and so it was kind of interesting that they asked some very intelligent questions," said Despain.

School officials say the first responders were very energetic to come out and meet with the kids.

It’s a great opportunity to teach them about the history of the tragic day in American history, and also why it should be remembered.

"It was a huge moment in history and I think it is important to learn about it because it is good for us to know, it’s not something for us to sweep under the rug and be okay with it, it’s something to know about and be aware of," said Quinten Kreikemeier, a 7th grader at Lux.