How did/does 9/11 effect you and your generation and how do you view it

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Personally as a mid-gen z (2006) I didn't live through 9/11, but I've been taught about it in every classroom since kindergarten. A lot of older generations will question why gen z would joke of such a tragedy, but I think it's been normalized/ it has been desensitized to a lot of us younger adults and older teens. I don't know many people in gen z that actually care much about the event, and really we've done far worse to other countries.

That aside, how do you think 9/11 has effected your generation? I'm especially curious to see other gen z views on this but I think knowing how it affected millennials vs Gen X vs Boomers would be interesting too.

Posted Sep 11, 2026, 3:24 PM UTC

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