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Twenty-Four Years Later: A Nation Still Remembers Its Fallen

Thursday, September 11, 2025, 11:15 A.M. ET. Editorial: Englebrook Independent News,

MANHATTAN, NY.- Today marks twenty-four years since America changed forever. This morning, across the country, church bells rang, flags were lowered to half-staff, and moments of silence were observed. It has been twenty-four years since September 11, 2001, the day America was attacked.

     Nearly 3,000 souls, mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, friends, neighbors, and colleagues, never came home that dark day. They were passengers on four hijacked planes, office workers starting their morning in the Twin Towers, military and civilian staff inside the Pentagon, and the first responders who rushed toward the flames. Only to have their lives cut short by an act of unspeakable hate, but they will never be forgotten.

     For many of us, we remember the firefighters climbing stairwells with no guarantee they would return. We remember the police officers and paramedics carrying the injured to safety. And we remember the heroes aboard Flight 93, just ordinary passengers who became soldiers in the sky. Upon learning of the attacks in New York and Washington, they made the courageous decision to storm the cockpit, sacrificing their lives to prevent the plane from reaching its intended target. Their rallying cry, “Let’s roll,” still echoes as a testament to American courage and defiance.

     We remember the small acts of kindness that followed, the strangers who opened their homes to those stranded, the volunteers who worked around the clock to search the rubble, the families who stood in candlelight vigils praying for miracles, and the thousands who have lost their lives from illnesses caused by their exposure to toxins in and around ground zero.

     The memory of 9/11 is not just one of loss, but of resilience. In the days that followed, Americans put aside divisions and came together in a way that feels rare today. Neighbors became family. Blood donation centers overflowed with volunteers. Flags appeared on porches and storefronts. Yes, there was grief, but also a deep determination that those responsible would be brought to justice and that our nation would endure.

     Twenty-four years later, we owe the fallen more than remembrance. We owe them action. We must teach their stories to the generations too young to have seen that morning with their own eyes. We must care for the first responders and survivors still battling illnesses caused by the toxic dust and debris. We must remain vigilant so that the kind of evil that struck us that day can never strike us again.

     Each and every anniversary should recommit us to the same unity we felt on September 12, 2001, when we saw each other not as Republicans or Democrats, but as Americans. The world has grown more divided, and politics have become bitter, but on this day, we pause, together, to say that we still remember.

Editor’s Note:

Twenty-four years may have passed, but for the families who lost loved ones, every day is September 11. We grieve with them, we honor them, and we promise them that their loved ones’ names and stories will never fade from the memory of this nation. Today, we remember not just how America was attacked — but how America stood tall. We will never forget. 

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Jennifer Hodges
Jennifer Hodges
Jennifer Hodges is a Chief Investigative Reporter & Editor for Englebrook Media Group

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