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  • Commentary: Remembering 9/11, 21 years later

    This year, we stand 21 years removed from the fateful day of Sept. 11, 2001.Do you remember when you awoke on Sept. 11? Do you remember going about your normal business? More than 17,000 people went to work in the World Trade Center buildings that morning. Nearly 20,000 people filled the Pentagon’s