If you can’t visit New York City, stop by my post from our visit there in 2016. It’s a fitting way to spend a few moments on this, the 22nd anniversary of the day that changed us all.
I’m sure the families of those lost are spending today in reflection. It wouldn’t hurt if we did a little of that ourselves.
Twenty-two years is a long time, but only a blink in the eyes of history. Let’s not ever forget.
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September 11, 2023 at 1:46 pm
Amen, Dawn. I haven’t been to the site, but you’re right: it’s a day for us all to pause, reflect, and remember.
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September 13, 2023 at 12:46 pm
Yes it is. If you ever get to NYC, make it a priority to go see the museum and memorial.
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September 11, 2023 at 2:30 pm
I didn’t realize what day it was until I had to write the date on something. It doesn’t kick me in the gut so much any more. It has been 22 years. More than a generation. My youngest–adult–niece wasn’t born yet and the next youngest was only a year old. Over 13,000 babies were born in the US on that day (this article from 2021 shares some of the things that these adults will never know as a result of the fallout from the event). Imagine 22 years more of that many babies born every day, making well over a million US-born residents who have no idea what life was like. Day after day now, we encounter restrictions that didn’t exist. There’s a boundary of Before and After. A curtain beyond which, looking back, can’t be seen through, really, unless you were there and already know.
https://news.yahoo.com/babies-born-on-9-11-turn-20-sept-11-anniversary-090055997.html
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September 13, 2023 at 12:47 pm
It’s been said 9/11 is our generation’s Pearl Harbor.
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September 12, 2023 at 6:58 am
Amen.
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September 13, 2023 at 12:47 pm
yes
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September 13, 2023 at 5:43 am
We had a brief moment of silence at school and the tears immediately sprung to my eyes. The new teacher in the room I was in was only one years old when it happened. Another in 5th grade. Obviously my students were note even born yet.
We will never forget, but it is our job to make sure those who come after us remember too. The 9/11 memorial is such a special, sacred space I wish all Americans could travel there at least once in their life time.
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September 13, 2023 at 12:49 pm
I wish everyone could visit it too. It’s heart wrenching. Just as the Holocaust museum in DC, and that generation hopes that people remember too. It seems it’s not as easy as you’d think to make sure people tell the story in a manner we feel is respectful and truthful.
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