09/11/2026
I was eight years old and the first time I heard about September 11th it came from my school bus driver.
We were loud on the ride home that afternoon. She told us that if we did not settle down, a plane might cash into us.
That was how I found out.
I got home and my Mawmaw and Pawpaw were standing there waiting for me. I did not understand what I was looking at yet, but I understood the quiet. Kids always know when the grown ups are scared.
In 2024 I stood at Ground Zero for the first time and watched the water fall into the footprints where the towers stood. The hurt is still in that ground. You feel it in your chest before you can put words to it, and there is no explaining it until you are the one standing there.
Ask anyone old enough and they can tell you exactly where they were. Every single one of us remembers.
25 years. Never forget. God Bless America! God Bless the family and lives that were lost and remembered forever! 🇺🇸
