09/11/2026
Where were you when the world stopped turning?
On the morning of September 11, 2001, America changed forever.
Many of us can still remember exactly where we were when we heard the news. We remember the images on the television. We remember the confusion, the disbelief, the fear, and the silence that followed as we began to understand the magnitude of what was happening.
And while so many were running away from danger, firefighters, paramedics, EMTs, law enforcement officers, and other first responders were running toward it.
They answered the call.
They entered buildings others were desperately trying to escape. They climbed stairwell after stairwell carrying equipment, helping strangers find their way out. Paramedics and EMTs established treatment areas amid unimaginable chaos, caring for the injured while knowing they too were in danger.
They did what first responders have always done.
They went where they were needed.
For Meriwether County Fire Rescue, September 11 is not simply a chapter in a history book. It represents the very heart of the fire and EMS service: service before self, courage in the face of fear, and an unwavering commitment to protect human life.
On that day, 343 members of the FDNY made the ultimate sacrifice. Other first responders and civilians were lost as well, and countless responders, recovery workers, survivors, and their families continued to bear the consequences of that day for years afterward.
Twenty-five years have now passed.
A generation has grown up knowing September 11 only through photographs, videos, classrooms, and the stories we tell them.
That makes remembering even more important.
Today, the men and women of Meriwether County Fire Rescue pause to honor every life lost, every first responder who answered the call, every family that waited for someone who never came home, and every person who carried the scars of that day long after the smoke cleared.
We also remember the days that followed—when Americans stood together, helped their neighbors, thanked their first responders, flew our flag proudly, and remembered that despite our differences, we were one nation.
So today, we ask:
Where were you when the world stopped turning that September day?
Tell your story.
Tell your children.
Remember the fallen.
Honor the sacrifice.
And never allow the passage of time to allow us to forget.
From all of us at Meriwether County Fire Rescue, we remember our brothers and sisters who answered their final alarm on September 11, 2001.
We will never forget.
🇺🇸 9•11•2001 — Never Forgotten.
