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<em>The Atlantic</em> Daily: One Family’s Struggle to Make Sense of 9/11

A conversation with Jennifer Senior today about her cover story—and what it teaches us about grief.

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He was 26. He didn’t even work in the World Trade Center—just nearby. He was only there that morning to help a friend set up for an event.

After Bobby McIlvaine died on September 11, 2001, his loved ones began trying to make sense

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