Global Reflections and Debates Mark 25th Anniversary of September 11 Attacks
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- Frankfurter Allgemeine
- Corriere della Sera
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- CNN
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The 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks is being marked by a global effort to preserve memories of the day four hijacked planes struck the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and a field in Pennsylvania, killing nearly 3,000 people. Many who lived through the event report vivid, detailed recollections of their location and actions during the attacks, a phenomenon memory researchers call flashbulb memories. These collective memories are described as social phenomena that reinforce a sense of belonging to a group. However, educators now face the challenge of teaching the event to a generation that has no personal memory of the day. In the United States, some individuals remain officially listed as victims despite persistent rumors that they used the chaos of the attacks to disappear and start new lives, such as the cases of Sneha Anne Philip and Juan Lafuentes. Perspectives on the legacy of the attacks vary by political framing. Center right sources highlight a battle over memory, arguing that some members of the radical left attempt to diminish the gravity of the attacks by creating a moral symmetry between the terror attacks and subsequent American wars. Center left sources focus more on the personal and emotional impact of the day, as well as the educational hurdles of passing the history of the event to younger generations.
How each side framed it
- Centre-left
- Framed the anniversary around personal memories and the educational challenges of teaching the event to younger generations.
- Centre-right
- Framed the anniversary through the lens of psychological memory, unsolved disappearances, and a critique of perceived revisionism by the radical left.
Sources
- Centre-left CNN: 25 Years Later: The challenges of teaching 9/11 to a generation that didn’t live through it
- Centre-right Corriere della Sera: Who "erases" September 11, 25 years later?
- Centre-right Frankfurter Allgemeine: Memories of Terror: "September 11 was the major event of a bygone era"
- Centre-right Frankfurter Allgemeine: Missing after 9/11: They disappeared in the chaos of the terror attacks
- Centre-right Frankfurter Allgemeine: Remembering on the 25th Anniversary: Where were you on September 11, 2001?
- Centre-left The Independent: Do you remember where you were on 9/11? Share your memories 25 years on
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