Forgetting 9/11

Have we forgotten the most important lesson we learned that day?

President Donald J. Trump delivers remarks at the 19th anniversary of the Flight 93 National Memorial Observance Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pa. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)

On a dark day, 19 years ago, Americans promised to never forget. And in many ways we haven’t.

We still remember the numbered dead. Most of us still remember exactly where we were that morning. We remember how we felt when we saw those colossal, seemingly impregnable towers fall.

A Flag Detail stands at attention during a moment of silence on the South Lawn of the White House Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, in honor of the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. (Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian)

U.S. President Barack Obama never forgot. 10 years after orchestrating the 9/11 attack, Osama Bin Laden paid the ultimate price at the hands of U.S. military forces directed by the Obama administration.

U.S. President Donald Trump, though he certainly has his detractors, took the opportunity during his administration to never forget 9/11 first responders.

Last year, Trump signed the bipartisan 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, to permanently care for those who are still suffering health problems as a result of the toxic brew they were forced to breathe as they worked at ground zero.

“In the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks, courageous Americans raced into smoke, fire and debris in lower Manhattan, the Pentagon and a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The whole world witnessed the might and…