Never Forget

The heroism displayed in the minutes and hours after the most vile act ever perpetuated on American soil is what I'll remember today. As Loyal Reader MetSox so eloquently put it: "Two planes hit those buildings, shrapnel was raining from the top of them, and the first responders ran into the building. They ran into the building! Those are the people I want to be like. And that's why I'll never forget."

Today, on a sunny cloudless day eerily similar to the one we woke up to on Sept. 11, 2001, think of those heroes and the 2,998 who died in the attacks, including the 13 Hofstra graduates who died at the World Trade Center: Lt. Glenn Wilkinson, Frederick Varrachi, Neil Levin, Alisha Levin, Edward Mardovich, Andrew Stern, Courtney Walcott, Alok Menta, Jeffrey Dingle, Richard Fitzsimmons, Noell Maerz, Glenn Winuk and Julie Lynne Zipper.

Never Forget

Eight years since we saw the absolute worst humanity has to offer, and some of its best in the hours and days afterward. Think today of those who redefined heroism—the innumerable responders and the 2,998 who died in the attacks, including the 13 Hofstra graduates who perished in the World Trade Center: Lt. Glenn Wilkinson, Frederick Varrachi, Neil Levin, Alisha Levin, Edward Mardovich, Andrew Stern, Courtney Walcott, Alok Menta, Jeffrey Dingle, Richard Fitzsimmons, Noell Maerz, Glenn Winuk and Julie Lynne Zipper.

Never Forget

I always thought adding this patch to the uniforms was one of the classiest things Hofstra’s ever done.

Hard to believe it’s been seven years already…and hard to believe how Sept. 10, 2001 still feels like so many more than seven years ago. And after seven years, it still feels odd to watch sports on 9/11.

Think today of the 2,998 who died in the attacks, including the 13 Hofstra graduates who perished in the World Trade Center: Lt. Glenn Wilkinson, Frederick Varrachi, Neil Levin, Alisha Levin, Edward Mardovich, Andrew Stern, Courtney Walcott, Alok Mehta, Jeffrey Dingle, Richard Fitzsimmons, Noell Maerz, Glenn Winuk and Julie Lynne Zipper.