09/04/2026
25 YEARS LATER — WE REMEMBER.
September 11, 2001 shaped a generation.
I was in high school when the towers fell. Like many of my generation, that day helped shape the direction of my life. I would eventually enlist, deploy to Iraq in support of the GWOT, and years later find myself serving again, this time as a coach, helping prepare the Marines and Sailors entrusted to us through WARR.
That perspective gives this workout meaning beyond sets, reps, or a time on the board.Our 9/11 Memorial WOD is about remembrance through community.
Many of the Marines we coach today weren’t alive on September 11, 2001. They inherited a Marine Corps and a world shaped by what happened that morning and the years that followed.That makes keeping the memory alive our responsibility.
As coaches, we use physical training to build readiness and resilience, but also connection, shared hardship, and an understanding that we belong to something larger than ourselves.For 17 minutes, representing the time between the two towers being struck, we will train together.
We will remember those who were lost.
Those who ran toward danger.
Those who answered the call.
And those who continue to serve today.
Twenty-five years later, the faces have changed.
The responsibility hasn’t.
Train together.
Remember together. Carry it forward. Never Forget. 🇺🇸
-Coach Drew
SemperFi
