09/11/2026
September 11, 2001 is one of those days I can still picture so clearly.
I was eight months pregnant with my first child, getting ready to become a mom for the very first time. I remember arriving at work and watching everything unfold on the television—trying to understand what we were seeing, while realizing that life as we knew it had changed in a matter of moments.
I remember standing there with my hand on my belly, terrified.
I was just weeks away from bringing my daughter into the world, and suddenly I was scared of the world I was bringing her into. A time that was supposed to be filled with excitement and anticipation was, for that moment, overshadowed by fear, heartbreak, and so many unknowns.
Twenty-five years later, I still remember that feeling. I remember the images on the television. I remember the disbelief. And I remember how, in the days that followed, our country seemed to hold one another a little tighter.
Today, I think about the thousands of people who left home that morning and never came back. The families whose lives changed forever. The children who grew up without a parent. And all of those whose lives would forever be impacted by what happened that day.
And most of all, thank you to the heroes who sacrificed everything to help whoever they could. To the firefighters, police officers, first responders, service members, and ordinary people who ran toward danger when every instinct must have told them to run away—your courage and sacrifice will never be forgotten.
Some gave their lives that day. Others carried the physical and emotional effects for years afterward. They didn’t stop to ask who someone was before helping them. They simply saw another human being who needed them and acted.
I also think about that baby I was carrying—my first child—and how much life has happened since that morning.
25 years later, we remember.
We remember the lives lost.
We remember the heroes.
We remember the families.
We remember those who sacrificed everything trying to save others.
And we remember how precious an ordinary day truly is.
May we never forget. 🇺🇸
