Too young to remember

As we approach September 11th, it pains me sitting across from young co-workers who didn't experience this day the same way I did. To them, it's just a regular day. It doesn't occur to them that to me, being ten years older, this day and the days that follow are filled with memories and sadness.

Is anyone else here at work thinking about this already? Does anyone else annually dread the beginning of September?

These rhetorical questions are questions that I doubt anyone else is thinking about. And that's what makes me sad.

Wondering what this next generation will end up remembering - much like we aren't scarred by Watergate or JFK's assassination.