For Boomers, ages 37 to 55, 9/11 was an ominous sign that their generation’s leadership years were going to be more challenging than they thought. For Gen X, ages 22 to 36, the event cast a pall over what was supposed to be a joyful and ambitious time of building careers and families. For Millennials, ages 7 to 21, 9/11 felt like the end of childhood, or at least the beginning of a less buoyant one, and a generational “where were you when it happened” touchstone. There was one positive aftereffect: Perhaps due to a feeling of unity against a common enemy, people were nicer to each other in
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