Brent Headrick had the opportunity to welcome Henry Ledlow — a second-grader from @BrentHeadrick’s hometown of Braidwood, Illinois — to Yankee Stadium last week 💙
Henry and his family traveled to New York after a photo of his magnetic smile was selected by the National Down Syndrome Society (@NDSS) to be displayed in Times Square during the NDSS Buddy Walk weekend 😊
President Bush throws the first pitch of Game 3 of the 2001 World Series after 9/11
As silly as it sounds, it was important for him to throw a strike. No matter what you think of him, that was clutch/badass. Used the regulation rubber as well. Big time...
25 years later and I still think this is the greatest ceremonial first pitch ever
If you have 7 minutes, please watch this YES feature about the unbreakable bond between Brielle Saracini & her family with Derek Jeter, the Yankees and others. Captain Victor J. Saracini, Brielle’s Dad, was the pilot on United Flight 175 on 9/11.
I reread this every year.
I cry like a baby every year.
Todd Beamer died a father, husband, and hero.
Todd: Hello… Operator… listen to me. I can’t speak very loud. This is an emergency. I’m a passenger on a United flight to San Francisco. Our plane has been hijacked.
Lisa: I understand. Can they see you?
Todd: No. There are three that we know of. They have knives — razor knives, like box cutters. Someone announced from the cockpit there was a bomb. It sounded fake.
Lisa: Your name?Todd: Todd Beamer. United Flight 93.Todd: They killed one passenger in first class. They forced most of us back. Fourteen of us here. Five flight attendants. The guy with the bomb ordered us to sit on the floor.
Lisa: Are you okay?
Todd: We’re going down… wait. No. We’re leveling off. We changed directions. We’re flying east again.
Todd: A guy named Jeremy called his wife. She told him two planes hit the World Trade Center. Lisa, is that true?
Lisa: I have to tell you the truth. It’s very bad. Both towers are gone. A third plane hit the Pentagon. Our country is under attack. I’m afraid your plane may be part of their plan.
Todd: Oh God. Lisa, will you do something for me? Call my wife and my kids. Promise me you’ll call.
Lisa: I promise.
Todd: Our home number is… You have the same name as my wife. Lisa. We’ve been married ten years. She’s pregnant with our third child. Tell her I love her. I’ll always love her. We have two boys — David, he’s 3, and Andrew, he’s 1. Tell them their daddy loves them and he is so proud of them. The baby is due January 12th. I saw an ultrasound. We still don’t know if it’s a girl or a boy.
Lisa: I’ll tell them. I promise, Todd.(Lisa patches in the FBI.)
Agent: Todd, your plane is on a course for Washington. Best guess is the White House or the Capitol.
Todd: I understand. I’ll be back.
Todd: Everyone knows this isn’t a normal hijacking. We have decided we will not be pawns in their plot.
Lisa: What are you going to do?
Todd: Four of us are going to rush the one with the bomb. Then the cockpit. A stewardess is getting boiling water. We’ll take them out.
Todd: Would you pray with me?They pray the Lord’s Prayer. Then: Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me.
Todd: God help me. Jesus help me.Are you guys ready? Let’s Roll.
On the first anniversary of 9/11, a plaque was dedicated in Monument Park in tribute to the eternal spirit of all the innocent victims and to the selfless courage of the heroes who lost their lives helping others.
Today, Aaron Judge Gerrit Cole, and Aaron Boone laid a wreath at the 9/11 Monument in honor of all those who were affected 💙
Today, on the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, we remember the victims, their families and the heroic first responders.
We shall not forget.
Thinking of all the lives we lost 25 years ago on this day and the incredible courage of the first responders who sacrificed everything. Real life superheroes. We will never forget 🙏🏾