What 9/11 means to those born after 2001
A generation that wasn’t yet born on Sept. 11, 2001 approaches the attacks as history learned through media, school and family stories rather than personal experience.
Many people alive today were born after Sept. 11, 2001 and did not experience the attacks firsthand. For this generation, 9/11 is understood through education, news coverage and family accounts, shaping how they view national security, U.S. foreign policy and collective memory of the event.