19 years ago today — 9/11/2001 — al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked planes & slammed them into the World Trade Center & Pentagon (& crashed into a Pennsylvania field thanks to passengers on Flight 93), killing 3000 innocent Americans. Honor the heroes who died that day & #NeverForget.

President George W. Bush’s famous Bullhorn Speech to Ground Zero rescue workers and first responders on September 14, 2001.

“I can hear you! The rest of the world hears you! And the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon!”

This was 16-year-old Bretagne — then the last known living 9/11 search & rescue pup — being saluted by firefighters before her euthanization back in 2016. This doggo searched for survivors at Ground Zero & later after Katrina & Ivan. Man’s best friend. https://amp.twimg.com/v/0a7ea295-8d7d-4fa8-b449-dd29869dcfeb

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President George W. Bush

(World Series — Game Three — Yankees vs. Diamondbacks — October 30, 2001)

One of the most powerful renditions of the National Anthem of all time — outside Buckingham Palace right after the terrorist attacks of September 11th.

Todd Beamer of Flight 93:
The Lord’s Prayer & “Let’s Roll”

Rick Rescorla — one of the many incredible heroes of September 11th.

This voicemail from Brian David Sweeney to his wife Julie Sweeney Roth just before his plane hit the South Tower of the World Trade Center is absolutely heartbreaking.

“Do you remember this photograph? In the U.S., people have taken pains to banish it from the record of September 11, 2001. The story behind it, though, and the search for the man pictured in it, are our most intimate connection to the horror of that day.”

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a48031/the-falling-man-tom-junod/

ESPN's special on Welles Crowther - The Man in the Red Bandana - is a must-watch every year. A true selfless hero - one of the many heroes who died that day saving dozens & hundreds & thousands more.