09/11/2026
| Today marks 25 years since September 11, 2001.
Twenty-five years later, we remember the nearly 3,000 lives taken that day. We honor the victims, the families whose lives were forever changed, and the firefighters, law enforcement officers, emergency medical personnel, dispatchers, military members, emergency managers, volunteers, and countless others who answered the call when our nation needed them most.
We remember those who ran toward danger. Those who helped a stranger. Those who searched, rescued, treated, comforted, protected, and served. We also remember the many responders and survivors who carried the physical and emotional impacts of that day for years afterward.
September 11 reminds us of something that remains just as important today: at the end of the day, we have each other.
In our darkest hours, Americans have shown the world what it means to stand together. Neighbors helping neighbors. Strangers becoming family. Communities putting differences aside to care for one another.
Being an American carries both extraordinary opportunity and extraordinary responsibility. The freedom to build a life, serve our communities, pursue our dreams, and help shape a better future is something we should never take for granted.
We honor those we lost by remembering them, by serving others, by looking out for one another, and by protecting the values and opportunities that generations of Americans have sacrificed to preserve.
May we never forget September 11, 2001.
May we never forget those who were lost.
May we never forget those who answered the call.
And may we never forget that our greatest strength has always been each other.
— City of La Porte Office of Emergency Management
