1997年至2012年间出生的Z世代因年幼，未能亲历2001年9月11日的恐怖袭击，而是多年后才通过学校教育和家人讲述了解到这一事件1。美国各州在学校教学中的态度存在差异，其中25个州要求或预期公立学校教授9·11事件，13个州则将其列为可选内容1。
接受采访的Z世代人士普遍表示，他们对9·11的深入认识并非源自正规课堂教学，而是个人研究的结果。现年28岁的杰克·科因回忆道："直到我大约13岁或14岁时，我才坐下来看了9·11的新闻报道，真正理解这是一个深刻而可怕的事件。"1 杜克大学教授戴维·沙茨尔为此开设了"9·11及其后续影响"课程，该课程报满且有数十人在等待名单上1。
值得注意的是，Z世代中存在通过开玩笑来转移9·11等重大悲剧话题的现象1。现年20岁的艾弗里·布莱克指出："向孩子解释什么是恐怖分子真的很难。"1
Members of Generation Z, born between 1997 and 2012, were too young to experience the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks firsthand and instead encountered this pivotal moment in American history through education and family accounts years after the event itself 1. The generation's understanding of 9/11 has been shaped largely by personal research rather than formal schooling, despite varying efforts across the United States to incorporate the topic into curricula 1. Across 25 American states, public schools are required or expected to teach about 9/11, while 13 states list it as optional content 1.
Those who came of age in this generation describe the process of comprehending the attacks' magnitude with difficulty. Jack Coyne, 28, recalled that "it really took me until I was like 13 or 14 to sit down and watch news coverage of 9/11, and really process this is a deeply harrowing, terrifying event" 1. Avery Black, 20, acknowledged the challenge of explaining such violence to younger minds, noting that "it's really hard to explain what a terrorist is to a child" 1. Within Generation Z, there is also a noted tendency to use humor to deflect from tragic events like 9/11 1.
Academic interest in the attacks remains strong, with Duke University professor David Schanzer's course titled "9/11 & Its Aftermath" drawing full enrollment plus a waiting list of dozens of students 1.
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