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‘Live Your Life The Best You Can’ Never Forget – 9/11/2001 As It Happened

Let’s stop for a moment today and reflect on those lost.

Sincerely.

  • 23 Police Officers New York Police Department
  • 37 Port Authority Police
  • 343 New York Firefighters
  • 8 Emergency Medical Technicians
  • 1 New York Fire Patrol Patrolman
  • 2,565 People in the World Trade Center Towers, the Pentagon, and Four Airplanes.

2,977 People Killed That Day, 19-years ago. We Remember.

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“Hey Jules, it’s Brian, I’m on a plane and it’s hijacked and it doesn’t look good. I just wanted to let you know that I love you and I hope to see you again. If I don’t, please have fun in life and live your life the best you can. Know that I love you and no matter what, I’ll see you again.” –Brian Sweeney, a passenger on Flight 175 that crashed into the World Trade Center, to his wife, Julie
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“Numerous civilians in all stairwells, numerous burn victims are coming down. We’re trying to send them down first … We’re still heading up.” –New York City Fire Department Captain Patrick Brown.
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“Are you guys ready? Let’s roll!” That’s how Todd Beamer lived. And that’s how he died, helping to lead a takeover by passengers on United Airlines Flight 93.
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