Coping Since Sept. 11
NPR Listeners Reflect on Life After National Tragedy

My life has changed drastically since the Sept. 11 attacks. I am from Egypt. Since the attacks, people in my classes have been criticizing and ridiculing me. I feel terrible about it. Every day since it happened, I've come home crying because people keep making fun of me. Why are they doing this? I didn't do anything. It's not my fault. It's unfair. Can you please give me some advice on what to do? Please read this to listeners on the air. I would like others to know so they won't do it to anyone else.

Merna Y., 12
Oregon

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