This story originally ran on Sept. 15, 2001, in The Conway Daily Sun.
Arran Dindorf and Terry Claussen had the full attention of their sixth-grade classmates at Josiah Barlett Elementary School on Thursday. The two boys spoke about being in New York City on Tuesday, 10 minutes away from the World Trade Center disaster.
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