2026 marks 25 years since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. It was a day that forever changed America. Nearly 3,000 people were killed, and the country was left to grapple with an unimaginable loss that continues to echo a quarter-century later.<\/p>\n
For 25 years, the words \u201cnever forget\u201d have carried a deeply personal meaning for the families, survivors, first responders and countless Americans whose lives were changed that day.<\/p>\n
And every September 11, one voicemail from a husband to his wife brings the unimaginable pain of that morning back into focus.<\/p>\n
Last words over a seat-back phone<\/p>\n
Brian Sweeney was a passenger aboard United Flight 175 when the plane was hijacked on September 11, 2001. Before it crashed into the South Tower of the World Trade Center, he used a seat-back phone to leave a message for his wife, Julie Roth.<\/p>\n
Julie was teaching that morning when she was called away from her classroom. Her mother-in-law was on the other end, telling her that Brian was aboard a hijacked plane.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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