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On Sept 12, 2001 -- 24hrs after 9/11 -- Queen Elizabeth ordered the U.S. national anthem be played at the Changing of the Guard outside Buckingham Palace.

Nothing like that had occurred in 600 years.

On the 21st Anniversay of the 9/11 attack, my memory goes back to this video. It’s not the images, it’s the sound.

“… the sound of the PASS (Personal Alert Safety System) alarms worn by firemen, which continued chirping after the buildings collapsed, each one representing a life lost. I never have been able to erase that sound from my memory.”

I think of people like Welles Crowther, the man in the red bandanna, the 24-year-old equities trader who had wanted to be a firefighter. The man who could have gotten out, but went back, again and again, to save people, because that was who he was and that was what he had to do.

The most striking thing that he said to the people he was trying to help that day is a lesson still: those who can stand up, stand up now; if you can, help those around you. What would you do in the last hour of your life, and what would it look like? Welles Crowther stood up, and gave his live to save others. And there can be no higher calling. I like to think that for those like Welles, it must be something when God welcomes them home to Heaven, “Here you are, my good and faithful servant.”

May we always remember those who lost their lives and those, like Welles, who gave his life to do all he could in that moment. For there is no greater love. May we also take his lesson to stand up, if we can — because there is such need for that now.

Remembering Gen. Charlie Baldwin's story of God’s provision and presence is a fitting tribute on the 20th anniversary of September 11, 2001. //

These are the stories Baldwin told reporters who asked him, “Where was God on 9/11?”

“The answer was ‘He was present.’ He was in the building when the terrorists struck. He offered healing to those who received it. He offered comfort to those who were dying. And God’s presence was overwhelming and even miraculous in some cases,” Baldwin replied.

President Joe Biden claimed during his first State of the Union address that the Jan. 6 Capitol riot was “the worst attack on our democracy since the Civil War.”

Moments after the transcript of the speech’s opening went public before the address, Washington Examiner chief congressional correspondent Susan Ferrechio tweeted out a photo featuring devastation from the 1983 Senate bombing. //

Rachel Bovard
@rachelbovard
I lived through 9/11. My grandfather was sent to war after Pearl Harbor. Stop disrespecting the memories of the dead you absolute hack.

Michael Beschloss
@BeschlossDC
Joe Biden is absolutely correct in saying tonight that January 6 was “the worst attack on our democracy since the Civil War.” //

Nearly 3,000 died on Sept. 11, 2001, and more than 2,400 at Pearl Harbor. Only five died who were present at the Capitol on Jan. 6 this year, four of whom passed from natural causes, and one from a gunshot fired by a Capitol Police officer.

New York Democrat Rep. Jerry Nadler of New York helped secure clemency for the left-wing terrorists who bombed the U.S. Capitol decades earlier, granted by President Bill Clinton.

It's worth remembering, too, that not every victim died on that day. //

That last tweet points to another fact about the 9/11 attacks that’s worth remembering: not every victim died on that day. Up to September 2019, 441 first responders have died due to illnesses likely related to the rescue and clean-up efforts — 241 NYPD police officers and 200 FDNY firefighters have been lost since. Compare those numbers to the fallen on that day: 23 officers and 343 firefighters.

A firsthand account of 9/11 from a WTC survivor

It was a lifetime ago, but I will #NeverForget