It seems like only yesterday. Tragedies sometimes have that effect. The good times — the triumphs, the moments of joy — aren’t forgotten, but are remembered in a smudge of memory. The great sadnesses remain, the pain persisting, the impact lingering.
So it is with Sept. 11, 2001.
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