Twenty-Five Years After 9/11, America Needs a 9/12 Generation

I am writing from a bench above lower Manhattan as dusk turns to night, and I have never heard New York this quiet. Here is why I filled your inbox all week, and why it is time to move on.

Archbishop Ronald Hicks of New York, Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and Greek Orthodox Archbishop Elpidophoros of America pray at the interfaith service at St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2026.

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