[Batman11]

This thread brought that day flooding back to me. I was on the Throgs Neck Bridge heading to my office on Long Island when the 2nd plane hit. I will never forget the sick feeling I had knowing that so many people had to have died at that moment. We lost a very close friend in the North Tower and had connections to many, many others who were killed. Never forget everyone!

[Joe 6-pack]

My brother was in the Pentagon. He made it out, but he wasn’t able to get hold of anyone in the family ‘til about 11:30 that night and let them know he survived...

[Stonewall Jackson]

I'll never forget that day. I had gotten off work at 4am and was sound asleep when my mom woke me up to tell me that a commuter plane had hit one of the towers. I turned on the news just in time to see the second plane hit.

Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino's brother-in-law, Billy Minardi, was a trader at Canter Fitzgerald and perished in the attacks. Every year since then, UofL hosts the Billy Minardi Classic, with all proceeds going to the 9-11 Memorial Fund. This year's game is against Florida International on December 19.

Here's one of the photos that I think captures that day the best. In the foreground, racing over the Brooklyn Bridge, is Ladder 118 and her six-man crew. All six men would lose their lives while trying to evacuate guests from the Marriott World Trade Center Hotel. They knew what they were facing and went anyway.

"We should thank God that such men lived." - General George S. Patton