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Edition #144 · Saturday, September 12, 2026 · 3024 positive stories
Environment & Climate

‘We Held Each Other Up’

Reasons to Be Cheerful 2026-09-11
‘We Held Each Other Up’

This week in our New York City office, we found ourselves talking about what we remembered from 25 years ago: the darkness, the sadness - and the ways people cared for one another. Our managing director, Rebecca Faulkner, is an award-winning poet and proud transplant to New York. We asked her to share her memories of building community after 9/11. Thank you to the readers who shared their own memories, a few of which we’ve included here. The photos behind the reader contributions are of Tiles fo

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