9/11 generation
n.— «The lure of joining a volunteer fire department can be considerable for undergraduates, who as part of the 9/11 generation tend to hold firefighters in particularly high esteem.» —“Students Who Rush to Class, Then to Fires” by Marek Fuchs New York Times Sept. 28, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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