09/11/2026
Never Forget 9/11
This morning, I awakened to knowing that today is September 11. I felt the heaviness of the events that would soon take place 25 years ago.
I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing. I was getting dressed to go to work. I was a Law Clerk for a firm in Midtown Atlanta. I received a phone call to turn on the news. I saw that two planes had crashed into the World Trade Center. Then a report came in that another had crashed into the Pentagon. I remember how I felt when I realized that this country and its people were under attack. Gripped by fear, I was afraid to go to work because I was scared that there could be more targets in other cities such as Atlanta. I continued to watch the news in horror, anger, fear, disgust, and disbelief. I saw first responders working to save as many people as they could. But then I saw the unimaginable. I saw people, who knew that they weren’t going to make it, jump to their deaths because they wanted to confront death head on instead of letting it have the final say in how they leave this life. I remember crying and feeling helpless. Then I remember a fourth plane going down in Pennsylvania. I was frozen, more heartache, more tears. Our world as we knew it was shaken, and for those who lost lives and loved ones, theirs were destroyed.
We lost lives on 9/11. The loss of life was unbelievable. We were broken to our core. WE WILL NEVER FORGET!
In the midst of the chaos, people from all walks of life banded together for each other. Our race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, or immigration status didn’t matter. We stood in the gap for one another.
That’s the “these United States” I remember—a nation, though rocked to its core by tragedy, came TOGETHER for humanity.
As we remember and vow to never forget, let us remember each other’s HUMANITY and vow to regard EACH OTHER for the rest of our days.
I pray the Blood of Jesus covers you all, today and forever. In His Matchless Name, I pray. Amen.
WE ARE STRONGER—TOGETHER!!! Let US not forget.
