Never to be forgotten are the maddening atrocities of Sept. 11, 2001. The immense horror and pain experienced by both the families of the victims and the American people as a whole still remains haunting, five years later. Especially in this week following the anniversary of the attacks, the losses we have experienced as a society are unmistakably evident; not only those of life, or of capital, but some of even a more permanent and debilitating nature—those of bravery, and tolerance.