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This play Americans are marking the transition of 20 years since the violent attacks of 9/11, a calamity that seems to turn much incomprehensible the further we get from it. Nearly 3,000 lives were taken the greeting of Sept. 11, 2001, successful a horrifying concatenation of events from New York City to Washington, D.C., to a tract successful agrarian Pennsylvania.

In the Saturday and Sunday editions of The Denver Post, our journalists gauged the section impacts of that time and the wars that followed, events present passing from vivid caller memories to progressively distant history.

Our sum includes:

• Jon Murray and Shelly Bradbury checking successful with immoderate of the Coloradans who were astir straight affected by 9/11, from household members of those who perished successful the World Trade Center and aboard jetliners to a antheral who watched the towers autumn from 2 blocks distant and a pistillate who, with her dog, helped find remains successful the smoldering heap astatine crushed zero.
• Elise Schmelzer talking to a fig of Colorado veterans of the 2 wars that followed 9/11, learning however their experiences successful Afghanistan and Iraq person shaped their lives backmost location successful the years since.
• Saja Hindi sharing the stories of Coloradans of the Muslim religion whose satellite instantly changed connected Sept. 11, prompting them to conflict hatred and Islamophobia successful the ensuing years by educating the nationalist astir thei religion.
• Elizabeth Hernandez examining however the panic attacks are — oregon aren’t — being taught successful Colorado schools.
• And, finally, lensman RJ Sangosti documenting successful images the solemn 20th day commemoration astatine crushed zero successful New York City.

We anticipation you’ll walk immoderate clip this play learning astir how, 2 decades later, 9/11 continues to formed its shadiness connected the lives of our chap Coloradans.

— Matt Sebastian, Managing Editor

How the wars successful Afghanistan, Iraq affected 5 Colorado veterans who served aft 9/11

Rebecca Droke, Special to The Denver Post

Kyle Rivers, who enlisted successful the Army days aft the 9/11 attacks and served successful Iraq earlier leaving the subject successful 2005, stands extracurricular his location successful Butler, Pa., connected Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021. Rivers, a backstage pilot, says he’s profoundly patriotic but doesn’t consciousness that that sentiment is communal these days.

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• 9/11 is fading into history — but not for the Coloradans astir affected by it

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Andy Cross, The Denver Post

From near to right, Mitchell High School Air Force Jr. ROTC cadets Yesica Martin, Omari Martin and Faith Duarte march past a representation of Kathryn LaBorie, a Mitchell alumnus who died successful the 9/11 violent attacks, astatine the opening of their yearly 9/11 memorial ceremonial astatine Mitchell High School September 10, 2021. This year’s ceremonial marked the 20th day of the September 2001 calamity that honored LaBorie and her household and was attended by Colorado Springs occurrence and constabulary departments, section dignitaries and students, teachers and parents. LaBorie was a formation attendant connected United formation 175, which was the 2nd craft that crashed into the World Trade Center towers.