Couple of posts, finally, caught and drew me, not only to click on each, but to jump back on WordPress. The two posts, were:
What a perfect day to be back and join all the tributes being made regarding the day.
We Will Never Forget
I still remember that day – what I was doing, and standing still thereafter. How can we ever forget. I just pray that none is ever forgotten, that everyone is remembered – especially those who weren’t seen helping, those who lost loved ones on that day, or as a result of that day’s tragedy.
It’s often said that time heals the wounds. Does it really? Maybe, the right thing we ought to say is that “time lessens the pain/wound.” If “heals” does mean “lessens,” then I fully accept the saying that I myself have repeated times without number.
But, if not. It’s time for us to change it.
One never really knows what anything actually feels like, except one has experienced it. Being close to someone who has experienced it, will never suffice.
But, I thank God that twenty-five (25) years later, we’re all here today, and can come together, in each of our different ways, to commiserate with those affected, directly or indirectly, to remember, honor, and declare that we will not let time erase those we lost on that tragic day.
Twenty-five years later, we still pause.
On this 25th anniversary of September 11, 2001, we remember the 2,977 lives taken that morning in New York, at the Pentagon, and in a field near Shanksville. We remember the 2,983 names read today at the Memorial, including those lost in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. We remember the 343 FDNY firefighters, the 37 Port Authority officers, the 23 NYPD officers, and every first responder who ran toward the fire. We remember the passengers of Flight 93 who fought back. And we remember the thousands more who have died since from 9/11-related illness.
The ceremony at Ground Zero observed seven moments of silence this year—the original six, plus a new one for those lost in the years after.
Families still read the names.
The Tribute in Light still rises.
Former presidents stood together.
A nation that was not yet born on that day is being taught why we still say “never forget.”
We honor
- the ordinary people who became extraordinary,
- office workers who helped strangers down stairwells,
- firefighters who kept climbing, passengers who chose courage over surrender,
- the survivors who carry both scars and grace,
- the children who grew up without a parent, and
- the parents who grew old without a child.
Twenty-five years have not dimmed the light. They have only made the promise clearer: we will not let time erase them.
Never forget.
September 11, 2001 – 2026.
🙏🏾🫶🏾✌🏾
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