Roughly one-third of all Americans who were alive on 9/11 aren’t around any more to observe the 25th anniversary of that abominable day. And so the recollections of September 11, 2001 are diluted. NEW 9/11 MUSEUM EXHIBIT AIMS TO CONNECT YOUNGER AMERICANS TO THE ATTACKS THROUGH POWERFUL ARTIFACTS To some, September 11th is just another day.
But it’s something different for those who weren’t around to live and breath the horror. To many, 9/11 is like Pearl Harbor Day. Lots of people know about it.
They understand it’s what triggered the U.S.’s entry into World War II. But they can’t quite explain much more. The same with other historical-shifting moments.
August 6 and 9, 1945 — the days the U.S. bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki, effectively ending World War II. November 22, 1963 — the day a gunman mowed down President John F. A lot of people remember the Space Shuttle Challenger exploding.
But few could tell you that it happened on January 28, 1986. The quintessence of 9/11 is the date. A bit like January 6th and the Capitol riot.
However, we were told on September 11, 2001, that things would never be the same. But how can those who didn’t experience it understand what "the same" was like if the y never lived it? Just last month, a relative of mine who soon turns 26 asked "what it was like it to fly before 9/11?" I can regale you with stories about myself and a rag-tag group of high school friends, driving to the Cincinnati airport, clearing security and just wandering around the Delta gates, "hanging out" back in the mid-1980s.
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