Twenty-five years ago, our nation and this city experienced the deadliest act of terrorism in world history.

2,977 victims died that day. Our country vowed to never forget those we lost. We made a promise that the events of 9/11 would never happen again. Just three months later, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) was created to rectify severe vulnerabilities in the privatized aviation security system.

As it turns out, 25 years is how long it takes for our government to forget.

I worked at a private airport security contractor prior to 9/11 — I know firsthand that a patchwork security system does not protect Americans like the TSA. I saw the lack of oversight and the unequal standards. This administration’s push to privatize the TSA threatens to bring back those problems.

Before 2001, private contractors left this vital job to workers who were underpaid,........

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