What we forget when we remember 9/11

By: Stephanie A. (Sam) Martin, Boise State University, The Conversation

Outlets: The Conversation

Published: September 3, 2026

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Last Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago

By Stephanie A. (Sam) Martin, Boise State University

For much of the past 25 years, each anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks has arrived with signs and stickers reminding people to “never forget.”

I have always felt unsure about what those words mean. For those of us who were alive in 2001, forgetting the day itself is almost impossible.

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