LUZERNE COUNTY, Pa. — Amid the echo of bagpipes, an American flag waves against a bright blue sky outside of the Luzerne County Courthouse in Wilkes-Barre, just as it did 23 years ago.
"It's an event where you'll always remember where you were when it happened," said Luzerne County President Judge, Hon. Michael Vough.
While over Hanover Area High School, students now learn of the moments the towers fell. Students are no longer learning about 9/11 as a current event but instead as part of a historic one.
"On [the TV], it said: America under attack. We were we were under attack," explains Carl Daubert.
AP government and history teacher Carl Daubert is like many of us who can still vividly recall that day.
"I was just starting out as a teacher at the time and I tell that story and what I experienced with my kids," said Daubert.
Now, 23 years later, Daubert is teaching that moment to students who were not yet born back on September 11th, 2001.
"It reminds me that unless I do teach it, they may not learn it," said Daubert.
It's a responsibility Daubert Doesn't take lightly.
"That story is our history. And if we don't tell our stories, that history is lost," added the teacher and coach.
It's a reminder of how our country came together, united as one. And still does 23 years later.
"It's something that I think is maybe lost sometimes today in our society. Again, with that division and those people, left and right. You know, they forget that we're all on the same team, we're all Americans, and we all want what's best for America. We're all more alike than we are different," said Daubert.