9-11: Remember The Heroes

Today's Daily News lead editorial engages the maelstrom of emotions that comes on this, the sixth anniversary of 9-11: the fear fatigue, the uncertainty, the tiresome politics. The anecdote to it all, we argue, is to focus on the heroes that that day -- and the six years following -- have given us:

So perhaps when remembering 9-11, it's best not to focus on the horror, which would be emotionally exhausting; nor to speculate about future, which is ambiguous as ever; nor to engage in political fights - we've had plenty of those already .

Instead, maybe the best way to use this day is to remember the heroes.

Think of the police, medics and firefighters who stormed those towers, looking to save others' lives while knowing that they were sacrificing their own.

Think of those passengers on Flight 93, ordinary people who fought terrorists with their bare hands, saving hundreds, if not thousands, of their fellow Americans in the process.

Think about the soldiers who, ever since, have done whatever their confused nation has asked of them.

On 9-11, in the form of 19 hijackers, we saw humanity at its worst. But then, and ever since, we have seen it at its best in countless others. The heroes around us have given an example of how to live and love that transcends both the uncertainties and the divisions of these times.

It's their example - their selflessness, their bravery, their generosity - that we would all do well to emulate as the country continues to come to terms with the day that radically changed life for us all.