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9/11

The phone rang that horrible day

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Working nights meant I was in slumberville when my Motorola flip phone began ringing at 8:45 in the morning. No one calls me that early. I’ve always told my friends that if God wanted me to see the sunrise, he would’ve made it happen about noon.

He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother

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Recently installed at Veterans Memorial Park in Ennis is the “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother” statute. Cast in bronze and actually very heavy, it will be dedicated on Veterans Day, Nov. 11. Buddy Markham and local veterans will present the sculpture and its accompanying plaques during the annual outdoor program.

Headlines from around the globe the day after 9/11

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The terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001 shook the world. People across the globe, including men, women and children from all walks of life, reacted to the attacks with sadness, horror, shock, and anger. Newspaper front pages throughout the United States and the world reflected those emotions on September 12.

• The New York Times: U.S. Attacked: Hijacked Jets Destroy Twin Towers And Hit Pentagon In Day Of Terror

• New York Post: Act of War: World Trade Center destroyed; many dead

• New York Daily News: It’s War

The Pentagon Memorial

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At 9:37 a.m. on September 11, 2001, five hijackers crashed American Airlines Flight 77 into the Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia. All 53 passengers and six crew members perished in the crash, and an additional 125 military and civilian personnel on the ground were killed in the fire caused by the crash.

The 9/11 Memorial

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Among the more indelible images to emerge on September 11, 2001 was the sight of two planes crashing into the North and South Towers of the World Trade Center. Still photos and video footage of those planes flying into the Twin Towers were the first images of the attacks many Americans saw, and no one who watched events unfold that morning will ever forget those images.