(CNN) — On newspaper racks Tuesday, 9/11 was markedly absent from the front pages of the New York Times and the New York Post.

 

“The pain, the outrage, the loss — these never fade,” wrote the Times public editor Margaret Sullivan. “The amount of journalism, however, must.”

 

On the 11th anniversary of a tragedy, many Americans arose not remembering. It was another day of making coffee, packing sandwiches for kids’ lunches, dropping off the dry cleaning before work. Memorial ceremonies, too, were fewer and simpler than in the past.

 

It is natural for time to heal. Natural, too, for people to want to move on.

 

Twitter, Facebook, Google Plus and Instagram did not exist 11 years ago. 9/11 did not transpire in social media real time as many news events today do. But memories of that horrific day were kept alive Tuesday via smartphone, tablets and computers.

 

Social media was a way for people to express their emotions when there were fewer physical ways to do so, said Robin Carey, CEO of Social Media Today. Among trending topics Tuesday were WTC, 11S, Remember911, Iraq, New York City, R.I.P and Bush.

 

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