Editing Generation X (section)

=====Response to 9/11=====
In the U.S., Gen Xers were described as the major heroes of the [[September 11 terrorist attacks]] by author William Strauss. The firefighters and police responding to the attacks were predominantly from Generation X. Additionally, the leaders of the passenger revolt on [[United Airlines Flight 93]] were also, by majority, Gen Xers.<ref name="Jury Expert" /><ref>{{cite news|last1=Koidin|first1=Michelle|title=After September 11 Events Hand Generation X a 'Real Role to Play'|newspaper=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]|date=11 October 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Koidin|first1=Michelle|title=Events Hand Generation X A 'Real Role to Play'|url=http://www.lifecourse.com/media/articles/lib/2001/101101-saen.html|access-date=16 October 2016|publisher=LifeCourse Associates|date=11 October 2001|archive-date=19 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019061452/http://www.lifecourse.com/media/articles/lib/2001/101101-saen.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Author Neil Howe reported survey data which showed that Gen Xers were [[cohabitation|cohabiting]] and getting married in increasing numbers following the terrorist attacks. Gen X survey respondents reported that they no longer wanted to live alone.<ref>{{cite web|title=Neil Howe on Gen X and 9/11|date=2001|work=CNN|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ur-b1FMUVo4 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190929141554/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ur-b1FMUVo4&gl=US&hl=en| archive-date=29 September 2019|via=youtube.com}}</ref> 

In October 2001, the ''[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]'' wrote of Gen Xers: "Now they could be facing the most formative events of their lives and their generation."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Klondin|first1=Michelle|title=After September 11 Events Hand Generation X a 'Real Role to Play'|newspaper=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]|date=11 October 2001}}</ref> The ''[[Greensboro News & Record]]'' reported members of the cohort "felt a surge of [[patriotism]] since terrorists struck" by giving blood, working for charities, donating to charities, and by joining the military to fight the [[War on Terror]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Johnson|first1=Maria|title=Greatness Alive in Generation X Young Americans Show Patriotism in the Wake of the Terrorist Attacks Sept. 11|publisher=[[Greensboro News & Record]]|date=20 September 2001}}</ref> ''The Jury Expert'', a publication of The American Society of Trial Consultants, reported: "Gen X members responded to the terrorist attacks with bursts of patriotism and national fervor that surprised even themselves."<ref name="Jury Expert"/>