The Day The World Stood Still
There are moments in history when everyone remembers exactly where they were. September 11, 2001, is one of those moments. For many of us, it began as an ordinary morning. People kissed their spouses goodbye, packed lunches for their children, rushed to meetings, boarded airplanes, and started another workday. No one knew that in a matter of hours, the world they had always known would be forever changed. On that day, nearly 3,000 lives were taken, but millions more were changed. Families lost mothers and fathers. Children lost parents. Friends lost friends. Entire communities were left trying to understand the unimaginable. It was a day filled with fear, confusion, heartbreak, and questions that still echo more than two decades later. Yet when I think about September 11, I don’t only remember the darkness. I remember the light that refused to be extinguished. I remember firefighters climbing stairwells while everyone else was running down. Police officers and emergency responders...
