On the eve of the 25th anniversary of 9/11, former President George W. Bush visited FDNY Ladder Company 3—the firehouse whose badly damaged rig never returned to service and is now preserved at the 9/11 Memorial & Museum.
Bush spoke with members about the aftermath of the attacks, his Ground Zero bullhorn speech, his first pitch at Yankee Stadium, and those who united when the city and nation needed them most.
The lobby of the original World Trade Center in the 1980s
The Twin Towers featured lobbies that soared like cathedrals, with skyways suspended above.
It was like a fairy tale palace.
9/11 image. Zoom in on the ground in this photo. Those pink pieces scattered around are human remains, likely from passengers on the planes that hit the tower.
A hundred and eight babies were born after September 11 to fathers who died that day.
They never met.
Some of those women were days from delivering. One man's twin girls were born on September 15. Four days after he was killed. He never learned they were girls.
Todd Beamer said "Let's roll" on Flight 93. His daughter was born in January.
The children grew up in a strange way. Every year, on the same day, the whole country stopped to mourn their fathers. Every year their father's name was read out loud. They learned to say "my dad died on 9/11" before they understood what the words meant.
A charity was founded for them, named for the day of the week it happened.
They are 24 years old now.
And many of them sit on that charity's board, raising money for the next child who will never meet their father. 🇺🇸
I lost my Dad on 9/11. I don’t get a lot of reach on here. But I just wanted to share a picture. He was 39. I thought he was old. I’m now in my mid 30s and I still feel like a kid.
He was a great trader. He loved markets. He loved to find a stock no one was talking about.
The first trade I ever placed was on his work computer, where he let me click the button to buy AMAT. I loved going to the office with him. It was electric.
He was the best dad. We spent hours out in the street after dinner where he’d throw “pop flys” for me to catch. Eye on the ball.
He loved watching Sponge Bob and eating cereal, wrestling with us in the living room. He just loved being around his kids so much, and we knew it. I’m so grateful I got a dad like that.
Love you, Pops.
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