Twenty years may seem like a long time, but for the survivors of 9/11 and those who lost loved ones on that day, it can feel like just yesterday.

We all have a certain way in which this terrible tragedy has affected our lives.

Looking back, I think not just about September 11th, but about September 12th: how just after this unspeakable tragedy that none of us could have imagined, all of us in America came together.

We came together to help the victims. To volunteer. To try to make the world a little bit better place.

One of the worst days in America’s history brought out the best in the American people.

The best way to preserve the memory and legacy of the lives we lost on September 11th is to uphold the spirit of unity that Americans demonstrated on September 12th, and remain committed to protecting our country, so attacks like this never happen again.

This anniversary is particularly important not only because it marks year twenty, but also because for the first time in two decades we are no longer fighting a war in Afghanistan.

As a young American in the 1990s, I remember people wondering whether our country's rising generation would be willing to serve and sacrifice as prior generations of Americans had.

Things were going well before the attack. Life was pretty easy.

Well, no one asks that question anymore. Immediately after the attacks and in the years since, hundreds of thousands of young Americans have answered the call to serve, many fighting over and over again in the longest war in our nation’s history, and others saving lives right here at home in the face of violence and the greatest deadly pandemic in over a century.

America has once again proven itself a nation “of the people,” a nation of volunteers, a nation made strong by those willing to serve.

Just a couple of weeks ago, the last American troops left Afghanistan having accomplished our initial mission: Osama Bin Laden is dead and there has not been a terrorist attack against the United States homeland that has emanated from Afghanistan for the last 20 years.

Yet the work goes on. Many veterans today are working to relocate their Afghan partners across this country after a withdrawal that left too many behind.

So we also remember the tireless work and sacrifice of our troops, including the 13 brave service members we lost at the hands of ISIS a few weeks ago.

Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo
Sgt. Nicole Gee
Staff Sgt. Darin Hoover
Cpl. Hunter Lopez
Cpl. Daegan Page
Cpl. Humberto Sanchez
Lance Cpl. David Espinoza
Lance Cpl. Jared Schmitz
Lance Cpl. Rylee McCollum
Lance Cpl. Dylan Merola
Lance Cpl. Kareem Nikoui
Navy Corpsman Maxton Soviak
Staff Sgt. Ryan C. Knauss

These Americans risked their lives to uphold America’s highest values. Their sacrifices saved thousands of our Afghan partners from a certain death sentence.

They are heroes. And their legacies will live on in the thousands of men, women, and children who will live out their lives in peace.

-Seth






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