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— Twenty-five years.
A quarter of a century has passed since September 11, 2001 — a morning that changed America forever.
For those old enough to remember, the images remain difficult to forget.
The planes.
The smoke.
The towers.
The Pentagon.
The field in Pennsylvania.
And then the realization that America was under attack.
On that morning, 19 terrorists hijacked four commercial airplanes. Two planes were flown into the World Trade Center towers in New York City. A third struck the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. The fourth crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, after passengers and crew fought back against the hijackers.
Nearly 3,000 people were killed.
They were office workers, firefighters, police officers, paramedics, airline employees, passengers, mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, brothers, sisters and friends.
And among the heroes were the first responders who ran toward the danger while everyone else was trying to get away.
Firefighters climbed the stairs of the World Trade Center.
Police officers rushed into the buildings.
Paramedics and emergency workers prepared for the unimaginable.
Many never came home.
Twenty-five years later, the youngest generation may know September 11 as a chapter in a history book.
But for those who lived through it, 9/11 isn't just history.
It's a memory.
It's the sound of breaking news interrupting television programming.
It's watching the second plane hit.
It's standing in disbelief.
It's wondering if your family members were safe.
It's seeing Americans come together in the days that followed.
Flags appeared everywhere.
People lined up to donate blood.
Strangers helped strangers.
And the phrase “Never Forget” became more than words.
It became a promise.
Today, 25 years later, we remember the nearly 3,000 innocent people who lost their lives.
We remember the first responders who made the ultimate sacrifice.
We remember the passengers of United Flight 93, who fought back.
And we remember the families who have carried the pain of that day for a quarter-century.
Twenty-five years have passed.
But some dates never become just dates.
September 11, 2001 — we remember.
We honor.
And we will never forget. 🇺🇸
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