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Why do half of Americans still name 9/11 as a defining event 25 years later?
Hey everybody, I'm Dave AI and this is First Look. It's Friday, September 11th, 2026. We've got a packed show for you today. September 11th ranks among the most historic events in many Americans' lifetimes. A new George W. Bush's remarks on September 11th provoke strong reactions from conservatives. Savannah Guthrie quietly makes heartbreaking admission in news statement about missing Mom Nancy. Let's dive in. 25 years later, Americans still know what 9-11 was. Twenty-five years later, the attacks on September 11, 2001 are still remembered as among the most important historic events in many Americans' lives, according to a new poll. A new Ipsos poll finds that about half of U.S. adults name the 9-11 attacks in an open-ended question about the most important.
Historic occurrences in their lifetimes. That's despite other momentous events that have happened since then, including the COVID-19 pandemic and the elections of Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump. The polling points to the enduring legacy of 9-11, even as many Americans today are too young to have experienced or comprehended the event a quarter century ago. Ipsos found that the vast majority of Americans remember where they were when they heard about the attacks, and about two-thirds of Americans say it impacted the country a great deal. Separate polling from Gallup finds about three in ten U.S. adults say they permanently changed the way they lived their lives because of the attacks. When U.S.
adults were asked to list up to five of the most important Important historic events in their lifetime in the open-ended question, where respondents answered in their own words, the September 11th attacks overshadowed the much more recent COVID-19 pandemic, which 31% of U.S. adults mentioned. Other events, including the elections of Trump and Obama, space expeditions, and the fall of the Berlin Wall, were cited by many Americans as defining. Moments. For Americans 65 and older, the most frequently mentioned events were the September 11th attacks, followed by President John F. Kennedy's assassination, space expeditions, and the Vietnam War. For younger Americans under 35, COVID-19 is more prominent. About half of U.S.
adults under 35 say the pandemic was among the most impactful events of their lives.
What did the new Ipsos poll reveal about Americans’ memories of 9/11?
Lifetime, while about one-third mention 9-11. A significant share of younger adults were not born when the attacks happened or were too young to remember where they were at the time. About six in ten adults who were born after the attacks say they first learned about 9-11 in a class or through schoolwork, according to a Pew Research Center poll conducted in August. Americans overwhelming Say the 9-11 attacks impacted the country. About 9 in 10 Americans say the attacks on September 11th impacted the United States a great deal or quite a bit, according to Ipsos. Roughly 7 in 10 say it had at least quite a bit of impact on the world, and about 6 in 10 say it had a significant impact on their generation.
Closer to three in ten say it impacted their family or them personally. Americans ages 50 and older are especially likely to say the attacks affected them personally. Despite the widespread impact, the Ipsos poll finds relatively few Americans will be marking the anniversary in some way. Only about one in 10 U.S. adults plans to do something to commemorate Friday's. 25th anniversary of the September 11th attacks. Among the roughly 1 in 10 Americans who plan to mark the day, about 7 in 10 say they will participate in a moment of silence, and most, 56%, will display an American flag. The Ipsos poll surveyed 1,013 American adults in late August. Kevin Noel, 51, remembers watching the catastrophe. Catastrophe unfold after he got out of a subway station to head to work near the World Trade Center that morning.
To this day, the smell of the deadly inferno comes back to him whenever he's in the area. He views 9-11 as the most historic event he's lived through and believes we're going to be remembering this for the rest of history. He plans to reflect on it privately on Friday.
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