The Memory of 9/11 Still Shapes Our World, so Let Us Take the Best From It

By Rudy Giuliani

It may be nearly two decades past now, but there is still no escaping the memory of Sept. 11, 2001. The emotions we felt that day and in its immediate aftermath left marks on our minds and on our souls that we will feel until the day we die.

Therefore, when I am asked to reflect, my mind runs the gamut of reactions. One can never forget the tragedy or the horror. To forget the revulsion we felt at the sheer barbarism and cruelty, or our shock and sorrow at the deaths of so many of our fellow New Yorkers and fellow Americans, would be a disservice to their memory.

But neither can we allow ourselves to dwell incessantly on that long-ago terror—that’s what the people who perpetrated these attacks would want. We must turn our thoughts eventually to the hope, the resolve, and the heroism we all witnessed, not only on that day, but in the days, weeks, months, and years that followed. We have a duty to never forget the unbreakable spirit, always within us, that emerged into the open in our darkest of hours—a duty every bit as solemn as our duty to remember the fallen.

It is the great honor of my life that I was able to give voice and direction to the outpouring of patriotism unleashed by those attacks, a patriotism determined to rebuild our city, fortify our country, and visit justice on those responsible.

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