As we remember the lives lost 24 years ago, we must also ask ourselves how we will preserve the memory of 9/11 for future generations. That day changed our world forever. But for today’s K-12 students, 9/11 is not memory — it is history. That’s why we, the parents, educators and leaders who lived it, have a responsibility to ensure they never forget it.
As a father of two elementary-aged children, I feel this urgency deeply, and why I introduced legislation to require structured, consistent 9/11 education in all our schools. The students sitting in New York’s classrooms today may be the last generation to grow up surrounded by those who remember 9/11 firsthand. The window is closing. If we fail to act, the stories will be harder to tell, the lessons harder to teach and the sacrifices easier to forget. We owe it to the fallen, to the families and to New York’s identity.
https://nypost.com/2025/09/10/opinion/sept-11-fades-for-nys-kids-schools-must-teach-its-heroism