09/12/2026
I knew all day today that it was the 25th anniversary of 9/11 but I’ve been busy all day and didn’t really get to set down and process it til now. I still remember everything from that morning. I was working at the TA truck stop at the time. When the news started to hit I left work and immediately turned on Howard Stern because he was in New York City and was live during all of it. I listened all the way home and it was one of his greatest broadcasts ever. When I got home I turned on the news. I just could not believe what was happening. I stuck a tape in the VCR and started recording all of the news I was watching. I’ve still never been able to revisit those tapes. The things on them are horrifying. I was only 24 years old at the time and really didn’t understand life and death, let along the true impact of what was going on in that moment but man, the days and years after made it all make sense. America was UNITED in a way that we haven’t been since probably Pearl Harbor and it was amazing to see us all come together. I’m sure the pain never goes away but I hope those that were directly affected by the attacks that day have found some sort of peace in their lives. May we never forget 9/11/01. 🙏