09/11/2026
Twenty-five years ago, countless people left home on an ordinary Tuesday morning. They kissed their spouses goodbye, dropped their children off, grabbed a cup of coffee and headed to work, never imagining it would be the last time their families would see them.
At 8:46 a.m. on September 11, 2001, the world changed forever.
By the end of that horrific morning, 2,977 innocent lives had been taken. Behind that number were fathers, mothers, sons, daughters, husbands, wives, friends and coworkers. There were final phone calls made from airplanes and burning buildings, voices trembling as they said “I love you” one last time. There were families waiting beside phones that would never ring again and children who spent the rest of their lives wishing for one more hug.
As terrified people rushed down the stairs of the World Trade Center, firefighters, police officers and first responders climbed upward. Carrying heavy equipment and the hope of strangers on their shoulders, they continued toward the smoke, flames and darkness. One by one, radio transmissions went silent, but their courage will echo forever.
The passengers and crew of Flight 93 fought back, sacrificing themselves in the skies above Pennsylvania so that others might live. Their final resting place near Shanksville remains sacred ground and a reminder of what courage truly looks like.
“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”
— John 15:13
Today, we remember the 343 FDNY members, 23 NYPD officers, 37 Port Authority police officers and every innocent soul taken that day. We remember the empty seats, the unfinished lives and the families who have carried an immeasurable pain for twenty-five years.
Time may continue moving forward, but we must never allow the world to move on without them.
From all of us at Spitlers Garage & Towing, we promise to remember their names, honor their courage and teach future generations about the day America wept and then stood together.
September 11, 2001.
Gone from our sight.
Never from our hearts.
Never forgotten. 🇺🇸