9/11 11 Years Later: Do You Feel Safer? Is it a Turning Point?

There won't be any huge 9/11 events in South Cobb this year, but community members will take time to remember the victims and those who fought to save them.

In Austell, firemen, police officers and community members will gather at 10 a.m. on Tuesday around the flag pole at Austell Fire Station #2 to have a moment in silence for the victims lost on Sept. 11, 2001.

For many Americans, this year marks a different kind of Sept. 11. It's a time to heal and to pay tribute in more private ways without large public displays.

Families of the victims told the Boston Globe they are relieved that they can grieve without the public spotlight.

For example, it's the first time that elected officials won't speak at the Ground Zero ceremony held every year to remember the victims who died 11 years ago.

Charles G. Wolf, whose wife, Katherine, was killed at the trade center, told the Associated Press that this year feels like a turning point.

"We've gone past that deep, collective public grief," Wolf said. "And the fact that the politicians will not be involved, to me, makes it more intimate, for the families. ... That's the way that it can be now."

Is it time for a different type of Sept. 11?