Her hair was messy, her angry expression matched her somber attire; her clanky silver chains and deathly black shirt most definitely screamed leave me alone. I couldn’t tell you her name even if I ...

Fatima Faisal, a senior at West Genesee High School, wrote this essay for The Post-Standard's Oct. 4 Voices page. Almost everyone can recall what they were doing and where they were on Sept. 11, 2001.

“Finally he was asked to leave a mainstream school because he simply could not cope,” explained Fatma, Faisal’s elder sister. “We were at a loss and did not know how to deal with the situation.” The ...