“The Five” reflects on the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the nation’s resilience, and the unity that emerged in the aftermath.

EMILY COMPAGNO, FOX NEWS: Greg, the president saying, you know, we on that day especially, we were all New Yorkers, and I’m a tiny example of that. I watched from the other corner of the United States, from Seattle. I watched live as a second tower fell with my roommates, and learned — have learned that since then, every naval warship that was built since 9/11 has included a component of one of the World Trade Center towers, and it represents to me that that concept that every American was hit that day, every American lost a brother or a sister on that day conceptually, and we all are united and remain united in our pride, in our country moving forward. GREG GUTFELD, FOX NEWS CHANNEL HOST: Yes, I worry about that unity. We have over 100 million people that have been born since 9/11. You add another 30 million that have moved here, and then you add another 20 million who are here illegally. That’s 150 million, almost half the country. Do you think they all fully grasp the import of this event, or have they been indoctrinated by academics or religious ideologies, or distracted by technology or entertainment, do they believe, like Hollywood would suggest, that the real danger is White privilege? We have so many distractions and so many new evils that have been created that are hypothetical. I bring this up because I was — I always think about when I was a kid, 1970, learning about Pearl Harbor. It was 29 years prior, and yet it was so Black and White. You know, what was Pearl Harbor? The Japanese attacked us, and we went to war. It was Black and White. It’s so different now because back then we didn’t have a kind of an academic media complex that could reverse every narrative, prioritizing Japanophobia over America’s security. We didn’t have grade school teachers pushing pronouns and condemning American imperialism in seventh grade. So, today, there is no Black and White, unless of course you’re talking about race. You know, we don’t — I doubt we teach students about jihad, but I’m sure they know the A to Z on Islamophobia, and Islamophobia is the natural response to jihadism, which Islam is championed. They got no problem with you being scared of them. So, our kid, it’s so funny because we always — we always tell people to you know embrace their feelings, but we tell kids to deny their fears, to swallow their feelings, and be on guard against not the terror, but your own fear about the terror and the terrorists and the people. That it’s kind of your problem. So, Islamism has been married to identity politics, and it’s now a protected class. If you dare question crimes, any kind of legal ramifications, intolerance, or open misogyny of somebody who is in power and is Muslim or whatever you are, you are the one committing the crime. They can brand — Islamists can brand you a racist while enjoying the life of a brutal, intolerant conqueror, and I think that that — I obviously am a very cynical person on this. I worry about that. I mean, I enjoy the unity every year, but I see what’s going on day to day, and it doesn’t hearten me. But I love what you said, Jessica, about your child, and that makes me feel good that that’s being done. I mean, that gives me hope. You know, I worry about where I’m going to send my kid. I don’t know where to send. It’s like I don’t want to give my kid away to somebody who’s going to be told this country deserved 9/11. I don’t want my kid hearing that. God forbid I’m not around at the time. You know, it’s like that’s — I think about that. Like, what are we teaching them about this? I understand Pearl Harbor. You know, do kids understand this? I don’t know. TARLOV: Our kids can go to school together. GUTFELD: That’s true. They’re similar in age.

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