“That was the difference in why September 11th would fail. That was why bin Laden would lose.” It all started on September 11th, 2001. The Twin Towers fell in New York. Then, on September 12, 2001, I looked out at my period 6 Honor’s English class. My students were 14-years old, and they were confused, scared, and angry about the terrorist attacks that had rocked the United States the day before. Nothing like this had ever happened before. There was no reference point. They asked me for my thoughts. I was their ninth grade Honor’s English teacher. I told them that for the first time since D-Day in June 1944,…