‘I want to go into public service’: Career change honors lives lost on 9/11
September 11, 2026
On the other side of Sept. 11, 2001, a lot of things changed. For Susan Lightsey, it bent her career path in a different direction.
Grace Thornton
Hope at NYC morgue: Chaplain offers listening ear to 9/11 survivors
September 11, 2026
Rickey Hargrave said he saw the same two women standing at the morgue every time a body was brought in by ambulance.
Firefighter says 9/11 more than just a date on the calendar
September 11, 2026
Paul Wood says Sept. 11 has grown bigger than a date on the calendar for him.
Cousins visit 9/11 exhibit in Texas near anniversary of attack
September 11, 2026
As Cheryl Ball walked around the Remembering 9/11 exhibit at the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas, she cried. “It brings back memories,” she
Where were you on 9/11? Suzanne Olden remembers
September 11, 2026
Suzanne Olden said she remembers her son, Eric, bounding off the school bus on Sept. 11, 2001, saying, “Mommy! Guess what? School closed early today because it’s my birthday!”
Where were you on 9/11? Wes remembers
September 10, 2026
Wes said the planes were nose-to-tail as far as you could see on Sept. 11, 2001.
Where were you on 9/11? Philip Hurley remembers
September 10, 2026
Philip Hurley says he remembers thinking that nothing was secure.
Where were you on 9/11? Blain Burgess remembers
September 10, 2026
Blain Burgess said he was so shaken up, he couldn’t go home. So he found himself at Whitesburg Baptist Church.
Where were you on 9/11? Vincent Forras remembers
September 10, 2026
Vincent Forras said he wasn’t “that religious” the moment he got buried in rubble at Ground Zero, but all of a sudden, he decided it was time to be.
Where were you on 9/11? Capt. Richard Weir remembers
September 10, 2026
Capt. Richard Weir has the image forever printed on his mind of a fellow firefighter picking up a Gatorade bottle at Ground Zero in the aftermath of 9/11 with anguish in his eyes.
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