09/11/2026
At 8:46 a.m. on September 11, 2001, American Airlines Flight 11 struck the North Tower of the World Trade Center. In that moment, an ordinary Tuesday morning became a day our country would never forget.
It’s hard to believe it’s been 25 years.
For some, September 11 is something they learned about in school. For so many others, it’s a day they can still remember like it was yesterday.
Where they were. Who they were with. The phone calls. The waiting. The fear. The people who left home that morning and never came back.
2,977 lives were taken that day.
They were parents. Children. Husbands. Wives. Brothers. Sisters. Friends. Coworkers. People who woke up that morning expecting it to be just another Tuesday.
And then there were the people who ran toward the danger.
The firefighters, police officers, paramedics, and everyday people who helped complete strangers simply because someone needed them.
In the years that followed, thousands more answered the call to serve. They left behind families who waited, worried, sacrificed, and carried the weight of that service right alongside them.
25 years later, there are still families missing someone.
There are still stories being told.
There are still names we refuse to forget.
Today, we remember the lives that were taken, the people who stepped forward when others needed them most, and everyone who has carried a piece of that day with them ever since.
September 11, 2001. 🇺🇸
We remember.
