I am basically the same age as you, and I remember being very engaged in trying to protest against the Iraq War before it started. But I lived in the suburbs of DC, and so 9/11 was a much bigger deal to me as some of my friends’ parents e.g. worked at the Pentagon, and also just politics and government was a much bigger part of our lives. But perhaps I’m the weird one.
I am basically the same age as you, and I remember being very engaged in trying to protest against the Iraq War before it started. But I lived in the suburbs of DC, and so 9/11 was a much bigger deal to me as some of my friends’ parents e.g. worked at the Pentagon, and also just politics and government was a much bigger part of our lives. But perhaps I’m the weird one.