The twin beams of the “Tribute in Light” memorial first lit up the sky over Lower Manhattan on March 11, 2002, six months after the Sept. 11 attacks. Every year at this time, the beams of the memorial return. In 2015, a Times columnist wrote that the display “succeeds because it offers no narrative, no interpretation, no mediation. At a distance, it is not even clear whether the shafts are soaring upward or beaming down from the heavens.”If you were not yet born — or were too little to be aware — on Sept. 11, 2001, what have you been told about that day? Teachers: We have a wealth of resources for Teaching and Learning About 9/11 With The New York Times, including a PDF of the Sept. 12, 2001 front page.

Source: New York Times September 11, 2018 06:56 UTC