Reporter’s Notebook: 9/11 is just a history chapter for a new generation of Americans

It’s faded.

Not from decay. Not from neglect. It’s simply the passage of time.

The memories are vague. Elusive. Distant. And some who lived it are simply no longer here.

Roughly one-third of all Americans who were alive on 9/11 aren’t around anymore to observe the 25th anniversary of that abominable day. And so the recollections of Sept. 11, 2001, are diluted.

NEW 9/11 MUSEUM EXHIBIT AIMS TO CONNECT YOUNGER AMERICANS TO THE ATTACKS THROUGH POWERFUL ARTIFACTS

To some, Sept.