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com or 208-301-0846 (cell) Young Americans Respond to 10thAnniversary of Sept. 11 Terrorist Attacks As U.S. Continues to Fight Overseas, Millennials Remember the Fallen and Recognize Enlisted Friends, Classmates; Call For Unity WASHINGTON, D.C. This Sunday, as America mourns the loss of thousands of innocent lives in New York City, Pennsylvania, and Virginia on September 11, 2001, millions of young Americans will recall the defining day in their adolescence and commiserate with the friends and family of the victims. Matthew Segal, president and co-founder of OUR TIME an organization standing up for Americans under 30 says, For many in my generation, there are two stories to 9/11. One is about the tragedy, the other, the heroism. There is no doubt that a great deal of innocence was lost that day. We are scarred with images of the planes hitting the towers, of fellow Americans jumping from buildings, of hysterical citizens searching for their missing loved ones. We mourn and grieve these losses vividly. But we also commemorate the moment as one of unprecedented unity one where we were all American citizens, not partisans; where our instinctual mandate was to serve and sacrifice; where we were inspired to think about the plight of others. The concept of community shifted from micro to macro. Campaign politics seemed trivial. And 10 years later, in honor of the fallen, my generation longs for that same spirit. Many of todays young Americans have made the ultimate sacrifice in the face of an event that shook the countrys sense of safety. The average age for military enlistment is 22, the average age of soldiers killed in Afghanistan is 23, and 80 percent of casualties of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are under the age of 30. To this generation, the death of Osama bin Laden symbolized a renewed strength in this country, but as the fight overseas continues, they remember their friends and classmates who have enlisted in the armed forces to defend this country with their lives, and they extend their sympathy to those who lost loved ones in the attacks 10 years ago. View a video from Stars and Stripes, 9.11: Why You Fight, profiling young Americans on the front lines in Afghanistan here, and view Andrew Jenkss video Millennials Will Never Forget, reflecting the personal memories of young Americans, here. OUR TIME is a national organization founded and run by young Americans, leveraging pop culture, business partnerships, and online organizing to drive civic engagement through economic empowerment. To follow OUR TIME on Facebook go to: http://www.facebook.com/OurTimeOrg. Or to follow OurTime on Twitter, go to: www.Twitter.com/OurTimeOrg. ###