If you were young in 2001, or werenโt even born yet, it can be hard to imagine what 9/11 felt like. The shock of that beautiful, cloudless morning. The heartbreak of the families whose loved ones were taken with such swiftness and cruelty. The realization that the forces of malevolence and violence were closer, and the future less certain, than we knew.
But in the days that followed, we felt something else, too. Pride in the rescue workers who had rushed to the scene, and the passengers who had stormed the cockpit. Admiration for the men and women who left behind lives of comfort to serve their country. A deep resolve that nothing would break the will of a truly United States of America.
Today Michelle and I are remembering those we lost that day, and those who made the ultimate sacrifice in the wars that followed. We pray for their families. And we hope Americans everywhere remember the true lesson of 9/11: that we can survive even our darkest days as long as we move forward as one nation and one people.
That was New York basketball: tough, relentless, & all heart.
Congratulations to the Knicks: the players, coaches, and every fan who never gave up.
New York stands a little taller today.
NEW YORK KNICKS 2026 CHAMPS!
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@MeghanMcCain This is how you react to what is clearly a simple expression of compassion? Take it down a notch, & stop being inappropriately inflammatory.
A staggeringly vapid level of factless stupidity. Under Cuomo (who hasnโt been in office for 5 years) NYC school aid rose 68 percent, and the state absorbed billions in New York City Medicaid cost increases. Cuomo also inherited an $11b deficit when he first took office w/o tears
@M53437M@Babeechkababa@BrianEntin Exactly. Not here. Gone. Gone from the house. I think thatโs a much more common usage. Conspiracy theorists need to dial it back a notch.
@MurrayHillGuy1 Itโs not about couches/Costco. Itโs about lakes & beaches & Little League games & road trips & hiking & excursions w/friends. Itโs about wide open spaces & running thru grass & swimming in the sunshine or just relaxing & enjoying solitude & quiet that doesnโt exist in the city.