Another year passes, but the memory of that day never fades. I was in 5th grade on September 11, 2001, sitting in a classroom, oblivious to the fact that the world was about to shatter. One moment, it was just another school day, and the next, the TV flickered on and we saw the unthinkable. Buildings burning. People jumping. Death playing out before our young eyes, raw and inescapable.

What I remem…