In Remembrance

"Never forget" isn't a slogan.

It’s a responsibility – and

responsibilities die the moment

we stop showing up for them.

~ Will Hinson

September 11, 2001, there were about 140 babies and toddlers in the Pentagon’s Child Development Center, in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, DC. Hanna Born, almost three-years-old, remembers dancing with ribbons and going down a hallway after American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon. Forty Marines carried out the infants in baby beds, including Hanna's four-month-old sister Heather, and volunteers took the toddlers to safety. In 2019, Hanna graduated from the Air Force Academy. She is a captain and instructor pilot, in the TH-1H Huey with the 23rd Flying Training Squadron, and teaches Army helicopter pilots. Hearing the saying, “They say a person dies twice - first when they cease to breathe, and again later when their name is mentioned for the final time.” Hanna decided she wanted to do something to make sure that second day did not come. On September 11, 2025, she began running a mile for each person who lost their life in the terrorist attack. Averaging 8 miles a day, Hanna calls out the person’s name and shares their story, during the mile she runs for them. She is on target to complete the 2,977th mile and name on September 11, 2026, 25 years after she was carried out of the Pentagon’s Child Development Center to a safe location. 

September, 2001, five Texas A&M students organized a plan, in less than 10 days, to honor and remember those who had lost their life during the terrorist attacks on September 11. They came up with a design and had over 70,000 red, white, and blue “Standing for America” t-shirts printed. The plan was for those on the top deck at Kyle Field to wear red shirts, those with seats on the second deck to wear white shirts, and the lower deck to wear blue shirts. The Oklahoma State fans participated as well. During halftime, The Fighting Texas Aggie Band formed “USA” on the field and played “God Bless America.” The proceeds from the sale of the t-shirts, $180,000, was given to the New York fire and police relief funds.

  

Our son, Brad, carrying the

General Moore Flag

 

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Saturday, September 12, 2026, Kyle Field will once again be a red white, and blue “Standing for America” game, as the Texas A&M Aggies play the Arizona State Sun Devils. This year will focus on remembering and honoring the 250th Anniversary of the United States and the 25th anniversary of September 11, 2001. A special patriotic ATM logo has been painted across center field, from the 44 to 44-yard lines.

 

There were 2,977 drones that rose out of New York Harbor, one for every person that was killed in the terrorist attacks on 9/11. They depicted the twin towers at full size. 

 

May we, too, do our part in remembering, honoring, respecting, and being grateful for our country, and showing it in our words, actions, and deeds.  

 

God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.

Psalm 46:1