🇺🇸 September 14, 2001. Ground Zero.
President Bush climbed onto a wrecked fire truck with a retired FDNY man named Bob Beckwith and a bullhorn.
A worker in the pile yelled that he could not hear him.
Bush: “I can hear you! 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!”
Video from National Archives
Every year around the anniversary of 9/11 I rewatch the story of Welles Crowther.
With 1/3 of Americans alive today born after 9/11/01 I hope everyone takes time this week to learn the stories of the selfless heroes in the midst of unimaginable horrors.
I've seen several posts over the past few days about how millennials are weird about 9/11 and I find it curious that a generation that seems to claim everything is trauma can't understand that watching 2977 people die on live television - as a child - will have an effect.
There is now an entire generation alive which doesn’t have its own memories of 9/11
This video is for them. It shows what it looked like when Islamist terrorism arrived in the USA
Never forget…
I couldn’t care less about contemporary views of Rudy Giuliani. Having lived in Manhattan on 9/11 he rose to the greatest test any politician has in my lifetime. I will always be grateful to him.
As part of our commemorative activities in recognition of the 25th Anniversary of 9/11, Ryan Weathers and Andy Pettitte had the opportunity to visit @FDNY Engine 54 / Ladder 4 / Battalion 9 last week. The firehouse in Midtown lost more members on September 11, 2001 than any other in the city as 15 firefighters, the entire shift, answered the call.
We shall always remember the bravery and heroism of Edward Geraghty, David Wooley, Daniel O'Callaghan, Samuel Oitice, Carl Asaro, Alan Feinberg, Michael Lynch, Jose Guadalupe, Leonard Ragaglia, Joseph Angelini Jr., John Tipping II, Michael Brennan, Paul Gill, Michael Haub, and Christopher Santora.
Mark Holtz helped give Rangers baseball a voice that still echoes through the franchise nearly 30 years later.
Twenty-nine years ago today, Texas lost the broadcaster who called Rangers games from 1981-97 and gave us “It’s Baseball Time in Texas!” and “Hello Win Column!”
Hear this 1995 Rusty Greer walk-off. That “Hello Win Column!” is Holtz himself.
Twenty-nine years later, the Rangers broadcasting legend is still sorely missed, and this franchise is better for having had him behind the mic.
Sarkisian says he was less on the defensive headset today than in the previous five years, which allowed him to stay on the offensive headset with Kyle Flood, AJ Milwee and Mike Bimonte.
As a result, Texas scored on 8 of its 9 drives.
Final in Austin.
#5 Texas defeats Texas State 59–7.
The Longhorns are 1–0 on the season.
• Manning: 20/27 for 304 yards, 4 TD and an INT
• Wingo: 7 rec. 121 yards, TD
• Coleman: 3 rec. 70 yards, 2 TD
• Biles: FF and INT
• Littleton: defensive TD
OTF: https://t.co/y4tsBZDxxs
Saturday, I asked Jeff Kent about his thoughts on the state of our game, and I got a nearly-four-minute answer.
Listen to those who have played the game, especially the Hall-of-Famers.
The NFL and all 32 clubs will commemorate the 25th anniversary of 9/11 through league-wide Week 1 tributes, community service initiatives and storytelling efforts — honoring the lives lost, recognizing first responders, survivors and military families, and carrying forward the legacy of unity, resilience and service.