What We Should Remember When We Say 'Never Forget'

Ten years after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and United Airlines Flight 93, The New York Times remembered that horrific day, saying, "Ultimately, each person attaches an individual meaning to 9/11, if possible. Outside of the families of the victims, most people’s lives may not present themselves as remarkably different. But there is residue, lingering wisps of Sept. 11." Ten years may have passed since those words were written, but the wisps of 9/11 remain.