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9/11–20 Years Later
A generation and beyond
With the 20-year commemoration of the 2001 Terrorist Attacks upon us, I’d rather focus on the national strides we’ve made as a whole. Instead of dwelling on the falling skies of the newborn 20s, I’d rather incorporate an optimistic outlook. That includes going forward.
Let us never forget — the lives lost and the people who stepped up to answer the call on that fateful day, 20 years ago. They haven't gone anywhere. Despite our flaws, I’ll always have faith in our spirit, fortitude, and determination to create a better future and the will to protect this enhanced world — at all costs.
In the 20 years since 9/11, we haven’t had another terrorist attack as significant on American soil. Not with the scope, scale, and magnitude of 9/11. Nor have we had any jumbo jets hijacked in our nation’s airspace. (Spare me the covidiots disrupting domestic flights).
It’s easy these days to pine for continuity, a yearning for any semblance of normal. We feel anxious — wondering if our nation’s spirit is fractured, if not lost. Fearful the next nefarious event will leave us stranded. Hopeless and held hostage by the moment, the damage, and the renegades behind it.
Maybe the reason we haven’t seen these heroes and this spirit is that we haven’t required it. We haven’t had any skyscrapers…
