9/11 Anniversary: 'The scars have healed, but they remain'

A piece written for the 15th anniversary of the attacks that changed us as a nation remains as applicable as ever.

Photo by Spencer Imbrock on Unsplash

Good Monday morning, all. Today is the 22nd anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks in New York City, Washington D.C., and Shanksville, Pa.

As benchmarks go, a 22nd anniversary isn’t as epochal, as the 5th, 10th, or 25th anniversaries — which tend to be artificial media devices, in any case — but it still is no less…