When I interviewed Carson Benge for the first time a couple of years ago, he was in New York for the first time in his life. He told me one of the things he made a point to do while he was here was visit the 9/11 Memorial. He’s always been interested in history, he said, and it was important to him to see it for himself.
I remember being a little taken aback by the word “history.”
And then I realized Carson was born in 2003.
For those of us who lived through September 11, 2001, it’s hard to think of it that way. The memories of that day are so seared into our minds that, even 25 years later, it somehow doesn’t feel all that long ago.
But it was. A quarter century has passed.
The amount of loss and heartbreak that day is almost impossible to put into words. But amid all of that horror, we also saw acts of courage, sacrifice and heroism that are still hard to fully comprehend. Ordinary people doing extraordinary things for complete strangers. So many running toward danger when every instinct should have told them to run the other way.
That is always worth remembering.
So is what happened in the days and weeks that followed. The way people came together. The compassion we showed one another. How whatever differences existed between us, suddenly seemed so much less important than everything we shared. I’ve never experienced that kind of togetherness before or since.
Twenty-five years later, so much has changed and it’s hard not to notice how far we’ve drifted from some of that unity.
Maybe that’s part of why remembering is so important. Not just remembering what happened to us that day, but remembering who we were for one another afterward.
Baseball, in its own small way, became part of that story too. Obviously, it couldn’t erase the grief or change what had happened. Nothing could. But when the games returned, the ballpark became a place where people could gather again. Where thousands of strangers could sit together, cheer together and, for a few hours, feel something familiar again.
There is so much about September 11th that should never be forgotten. The lives lost. The heroes who emerged. The families who have carried that loss every day since. But I hope we also never forget what we showed each other in the aftermath. That even in our darkest moment, we were capable of extraordinary courage, compassion and unity.
Twenty-five years later, that part of the story feels as important to remember as ever.
This is THE most ridiculous, despicable lie ANY President has ever told Americans.
"hospitals now are doing reverse surgery" on trans kids, on his order.
FACT: Trans kids aren't making your gas and groceries expensive, and hatred ain't making them cheap.
Ossoff: It’s been amazing to watch this White House melt down over this all week. And about Natalie Harp, these White House staffers are adults, public officials paid by the taxpayer, with immense power in positions of public trust. And whether it’s Natalie Harp printing out Donald Trump’s daily dose of delusion and flattery, or Peter Navarro steering taxpayer-funded loans to Trump family investments, or Pete Hegseth deluding the president daily into deepening this quagmire in the Middle East, no one cares about their feelings.
The sailors on the Lincoln are fighting his war, a war based on lies, while he plays with his new ballroom, flies around on a jet given to him by a foreign prince, and retreats into this circle of sycophantic aides who tell him every day what he wants to hear, not what he needs to hear.
This entire White House is responsible for lying the country into war, and for the rest of their careers, they will be known for having participated in this obscenity.
Ossoff: "I have zero interest in running for president in 2028, and frankly zero interest in the 2028 fantasy football right now ... these midterms are the whole ballgame ... I don't know that we have a free and fair election in 2028 unless we restore checks and balances in these 2026 midterms."
“It was indescribable and it’s one of the best days of my life.”
Hear from A.J. Ewing after his unforgettable MLB debut for the @Mets at Citi Field.
🎠 x #DefendOurHome x @MetsPlayerDev
Jonah Tong took a no-no into the 6th and had a run of 16 retired batters in a row 😤
MLB's No. 42 prospect (@Mets) in his latest gem for the Triple-A @SyracuseMets:
6 IP
1 H
1 R
0 ER
2 BB
6 K