The answer should be a decided and unequivocal “No!” Just as we dare not abandon the painful yet important histories of slavery, the Holocaust, and other terrible times in the annals of humankind. Should we release the diminishing remembrances of 9/11, dismissing them as “that was then, this is now”? Simply as “somebody did something” and leave it at that? However, within a month or two, the temporary spiritual fervor had waned as people calmed down and returned to “life as usual.” Today, instead of flocking to the nation’s churches, it seems throngs of people are leaving them, apparently convinced they don’t need God. With mourners, frightened Americans and persons seeking answers for the orchestrated acts of hatred. The evening of 9/11, and for days and weeks afterward, churches across America were jammed 11, 2001 events as “somebody did something.” There are memorials at the site of what’s become known as “Ground Zero,” but aside from the unending annoyance of passenger screening at airports that didn’t exist prior to ”9/11,” there’s little to remind us of what transpired that day.Īn entire generation of young people who weren’t even born at the time know little or nothing about the terrorist acts. Sadly, in the more than two decades since, the sense of horror and disbelief has become a fading memory for many people. In all, 2,996 people died as a direct result of the hijacked plane crashes, not only passengers and occupants of the buildings but also firefighters, paramedics and police officers. Before it could reach another destination for destruction and mayhem.

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