Student essay on 9/11 photography, Oct 2001

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

Conuneimonx c eitihon by Ute student; ut Stuyvesant Higli Scliool

spectator From the Editors The Stuyvesant High School Newspaper There have been a lot of thankless tasks to perform over these past few weeks, and everyone “The pulse of the student body” from the Stuyvesant administration to city officials has risen to the occasion. While rescue work­ ers, fire fighters and policemen deservedly may come first in our thoughts, we at The Spectator Editor in Chief want to thank those in their shadows. They have done the myriad things necessary to ensure that Jeff Orlowski both Stuyvesant and the city return to normal as soon as possible. And they have done it all under )eff®youthlinl<.org the most stressful of circumstances. Managing Editor Thanks first of all to Principal Stanley Teitel, Assistant Principal of Organization Steven Satin, Candace Nuzzo Assistant Principal of Student Services Eugene Blaufarb and to all the supervisory assistant prin­ cipals, teachers and staff at Stuyvesant, who helped us to evacuate the school quickly and safely News on the day of the tragedy. Their leadership helped to ensure that all students at Stuyvesant reached Laura Krug areas of safety as soon as possible. Teachers helped students in many ways: walking them over Abigail Deutsch bridges and for miles to their neighborhoods, giving out their phone numbers, and staying with them until they reached their families. Features Thank you to the Program Office staff, led by Eddie Wong and Steve Kramer, who stayed up Patrick Mangan nights to create and print new programs for all the students for our time at Brooklyn Tech. Abbie Zamcheck Thanks to the schools across the country who have rallied and raised money for the Stuyvesant community. Opinions Thanks to the counselors who have come to school to provide help in getting everyone Jen Deiauter through this difficult and emotionally trying time, and to the School Safety Officers of the NYPD, Danny Nassre who risked their own safety to protect ours. Ben Magarik And thank you, too, to the custodial staff, who spent hundreds of hours working beyond the call of duty taking care of our building for the rescue workers and for us. Arts & Entertainment Glose to home there is the Parents’ Association, whose efforts have helped us not only to keep Max Willens the same schedules and teachers while at Brooklyn Tech, but also to expedite our safe return to Jane Pae Stuyvesant. In addition. Deputy Ghancellor David Klasfeld told the Stuyvesant community that it Yousaf Khalid would be his main job to make sure that we get back to our building as soon as possible. Without their aid, it might have been considerably later than October 9 that we returnecl to our building. Sports With so many things happening at once, it would be disastrous if information were not |osh Ross relayed to all the students and teachers. Stuyvesant Network Administrator Michael Zamansky Arthur Tebbel kept everyone in touch and up to date by recreating the Stuyvesant website, which he did with the Stanley Fang help of graduate Charles Knipe, who was able to get him access to a server, memory, and Stuy’s mailing lists. He has also sent e-mails that have informed, comforted, and united the Stuyvesant Photoigraphy community. Students Gary He and David Blackman have also helped to keep everyone updated Ethan IMoses through the the website stuynet.com and the Student Union website, respectively. [email protected] And finally to Eden Marx, who organized the mural painting that brought the Stuyvesant Emily Firetog community together. Thank you all. 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