Joshua Rovner has been teaching about 9/11 since the day it happened. For years, Rovner would ask his undergraduate students what they remembered about that morning in 2001, he said. Around 2007 or ...
The box on the calendar marking today looks like any other. A plain rectangle that, for the words “Patriot Day,” bears no special characters. Yet for the resonance of 9/11, that box has all the ...
We're all having a good time with pet memes today, Sept. 11, which shouldn't overshadow what this solemn day should mean for Americans, New Yorkers in particular. Little background: My old man was a ...
Every year, millions of Americans pause on Sept. 11 to honor and remember those lost on 9/11/2001. Fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts, cousins and friends…it seems like everyone knew ...
In this Oct. 11, 2001 file photo, firefighters make their way over the ruins of the World Trade Center through clouds of dust and smoke at ground zero in New York ...
Olivia, a 21-year-old college student, was sitting in an English class at her Minnesota school last week when her professor began talking about the challenges in writing about traumatic events. But ...
A poignant phrase echoes when 9/11 victims' relatives gather each year to remember the loved ones they lost in the terror attacks. “I never got to meet you.” It ...