Unfortunately, the invitations come when disaster strikes. For Sheila and Hope Animal Assisted Crisis Response, the dogs they train help people in these crises. “The
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!”
Wes said the planes were nose-to-tail as far as you could see on Sept. 11, 2001.
Philip Hurley says he remembers thinking that nothing was secure.
Blain Burgess said he was so shaken up, he couldn’t go home. So he found himself at Whitesburg Baptist Church.
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.
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.
The realization that its anniversary is upon us raises the question— Has anything really changed since September 11, 2001?
By the time you read this, many people will be talking about where they were when the Twin Towers fell 25 years ago. Bells will toll. Long lists of names will be read. We will remember, and never forget.
It’s been 25 years since the World Trade Center towers fell after highjacked planes crashed into them. Jim Veneman reflects on his assignment to Ground Zero and the photograph he still talks about.
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