9/11 20th Anniversary: What Should "Never Forget" Truly Mean?
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Yesterday, September 11, 2021, was the 20-year anniversary of the infamous and tragic 9/11 terrorist attacks, the attacks that rocked a nation--and the world. I was in New York and New Jersey this weekend, including just outside New York City (the islands in NY Harbor), and everywhere I turned were signs saying, “Never Forget.” My mother attended a memorial ceremony in which the speakers said the same phrase, which in fact was being used across the country yesterday--a building in Chicago was lit up with the words “Never Forget.” While I believe the sentiment is spot-on--we must never, ever forget the victims and heroes of 9/11--I question the sincerity of many of those people or institutions who swore yesterday they would “never forget” 9/11. What should “never forget” truly mean? Is it a mere sentimental atmosphere once a year or once a decade? Or does remembrance of 9/11 imply so much more than that?
9/11 20th Anniversary: What Should "Never Forget" Truly Mean?
9/11 20th Anniversary: What Should "Never…
9/11 20th Anniversary: What Should "Never Forget" Truly Mean?
Yesterday, September 11, 2021, was the 20-year anniversary of the infamous and tragic 9/11 terrorist attacks, the attacks that rocked a nation--and the world. I was in New York and New Jersey this weekend, including just outside New York City (the islands in NY Harbor), and everywhere I turned were signs saying, “Never Forget.” My mother attended a memorial ceremony in which the speakers said the same phrase, which in fact was being used across the country yesterday--a building in Chicago was lit up with the words “Never Forget.” While I believe the sentiment is spot-on--we must never, ever forget the victims and heroes of 9/11--I question the sincerity of many of those people or institutions who swore yesterday they would “never forget” 9/11. What should “never forget” truly mean? Is it a mere sentimental atmosphere once a year or once a decade? Or does remembrance of 9/11 imply so much more than that?