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9/11 — 20 Years On

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Something I drew, something I knew. (Images by Matthew Rettenmund) As I posted on social media, I'm at a loss for words about 9/11.

I was close enough to experience it from far too close-up — yet far enough away that I was spared the kind of visceral memories others have.

Still, I had sense of creeping doom reading the inevitable remembrances on Twitter this morning. Click here to check out my full take on what happened that day.

I wrote it 15 years ago. It feels more embittered than I feel now, but it does have all the details I can remember. I think it is terrifying how in 2001, everyone banded together — and it led us into a pointless 2o-year war and on a path of even greater polarization.

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