Remembrance
and
Reflection

What conversation do you think we should be having about September 11 that America still isn't having?

"I feel like most Americans do not want to face the reality of the root cause of the September 11 attacks. It is so easy to blame Al Qaeda for just hating America and the freedoms Americans enjoy. Those who discuss the root causes"... (read more in group 5)

Do you think September 11 was a turning point in American history?

"I definitely think it was a turning point. Who knows where we would be or what the world would be like if September 11 had never happened. I am sure that the world would be a completely different place. I don't feel differently now about America than I did ten years ago, but"... (read more in group 5)

Has September 11 become a part of history, or is it still a part of current events? What is the difference between history and news?

"I'm a historian, and the evening after the attacks I was in a graduate class where the professor (I think largely as a way to settle us down) encouraged us to start viewing the event in historical terms. As a class we decided that it probably would become one of those landmark events that U.S. history revolves around, and I've already seen that happen. A friend of mine was teaching a modern U.S"... (read more in group 7)

How has life in America changed since September 11? For you? For others?

"I think we've lost a lot of innocence, there is so much more suspicion, and I"... (read more in group 8)

"The most obvious change since 9/11 has been the idea of how safe we are"... (read more in group 5)

"Historically the United States has been awoken"... (read more in group 5)

Did you save anything to remember September 11? Why and what does it mean to you now?

"My parents saved a copy of the 9/12 Washington Post"... (read more in group 4)

"Didn't save a thing. Personally I felt inundated with"... (read more in group 6)

Can we ever really understand the events of 9/11?

"I totally accept and respect everyone else's views of the events of 9/11. I ask myself, was it really the act of madmen, not based in reality? Or was it acts based in a reality so far removed from my own?" ... (read more in group 5)

How did you witness history on September 11, 2001? What do you most remember?

"I was at work, 2 blocks from the Trade Center, on a conference call when the first plane hit the tower" ... (read more in group 8)

"I live on Long Island and on 9/11 my wife Chris and I left NY to go on a vacation up to Maine. It had to be close to 8:00 Am when we were in the car and crossing over the Throgs Neck Bridge. This is the typical route I take each day to work" ... (read more in group 7)

"I was on 40th floor of the North Tower. I decided to come to work a little earlier that morning so was in at 8am" ... (read more in group 8)

"I was actually a third year medical student in downtown Brooklyn" ... (read more in group 8)

"On September 11, 2001, I was in seventh grade." ... (read more in group 5)

"When my father turned on the TV that morning and saw what was happening he began taping the news. Every few hours he would change to another station." ... (read more in group 6)