Twenty-five years later, we stop to honor the memory of the first responders, and more we lost on 9/11.
In that music is always my “go-to” for emotional release, this clip of Bette Midler singing ‘Wind Beneath My Wings’ at a memorial at Yankee Stadium shortly after the horrific bombings on 9/11 encapsulates so much of what we felt then and still feel today.
Her “thank you” at the 4:30 mark says so much on behalf of so many. As only Bette could deliver…
I always remember two gay heroes lost on that day: former rugby player Mark Bingham, who joined three others in resisting the hijackers aboard United Flight 93; and FDNY chaplain Father Mychal Judge, who rushed to Ground Zero immediately after the first tower fell and was officially victim 0001 after being carried out.
My fellow LGBTQ blogger, Joe Jervis, shares his personal account of what it was like to be in New York City on that day. Well worth the reading here.
NYC Mayor Mamdani was joined at today’s 9/11 remembrance by former President Joe Biden, NY Gov. Kathy Hochul, former President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, former President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush, former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama.
JD Vance wants to be the next president, so he attended. Trump stayed in Washington, D.C.
Former Presidents Obama, Biden, and Bush gathered in New York for the 9/11 remembrance ceremony, marking 25 years since the attacks. pic.twitter.com/lG9xIkAe9J
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) September 11, 2026
At 8:46 a.m. on September 11, 2001, the first plane struck the North Tower of the World Trade Center. We pause to remember. #NeverForget pic.twitter.com/Wa2FDxU26v
— FDNY (@FDNY) September 11, 2026
At 9:03 a.m. on September 11, 2001, a second plane struck the South Tower of the World Trade Center. FDNY members outside Engine 53/Ladder 43 in Manhattan observe a moment of silence. #NeverForget pic.twitter.com/819lpPyT2Y
— FDNY (@FDNY) September 11, 2026
At 9:37 a.m. on September 11, 2001, Flight 77 struck the Pentagon. FDNY members outside Engine 10/Ladder 10 in Manhattan observe a moment of silence. #NeverForget pic.twitter.com/ETmxzpuyaY
— FDNY (@FDNY) September 11, 2026
At 9:59 a.m. on September 11, 2001, the South Tower collapsed. We remember the 343 FDNY members and all those lost. FDNY members observe a moment of silence at Engine 280/Ladder 132 in Brooklyn. #NeverForget pic.twitter.com/NdGiMqtS3M
— FDNY (@FDNY) September 11, 2026
At 10:28 a.m. on September 11, 2001, the North Tower fell. Twenty-five years later, we remember. #NeverForget pic.twitter.com/F23CsfWdBu
— FDNY (@FDNY) September 11, 2026
Trump appears to fall asleep at the Pentagon 9/11 ceremony.
📷: Finn Gomez/Getty https://t.co/ePMk0LanzQ pic.twitter.com/GmLmYD1JI6
— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) September 11, 2026
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