Nearly 3,000 people died in the attacks on 9/11, when international terrorism hit home in a way it previously hadn’t for many Americans. Sept. 11 still shapes American policy, politics and everyday experiences in places from airports to office buildings, even if it’s less of a constant presence in the public consciousness after 17 years.

„What I can say today is that I don’t live my life in complacency,“ Debra Epps said last year as she remembered her brother, Christopher Epps. „I stand in solidarity that this world will make a change for the better.“