Cis iconCisSep 11, 2026

25 Years Since the Worst Day in My Lifetime

History caught up with me and others in my generation on September 11, 2001 — a day elected officials and others vowed to "never forget", and yet a date that got memory-holed for the better part of the last administration. That left the current, second Trump administration playing catch-up in its efforts to ensure the terror attacks of that day are never again repeated in any of our lifetimes.

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History caught up with me and others in my generation on September 11, 2001 — a day elected officials and others vowed to "never forget", and yet a date that got memory-holed for the better part of the last...

That left the current, second Trump administration playing catch-up in its efforts to ensure the terror attacks of that day are never again repeated in any of our lifetimes.

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History caught up with me and others in my generation on September 11, 2001 — a day elected officials and others vowed to "never forget", and yet a date that got memory-holed for the better part of the last administration. That left the current, second Trump administration playing catch-up in its efforts to ensure the terror attacks of that day are never again repeated in any of our lifetimes.

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