09/11/2026
Twenty-Five Years Ago, The World Changed.
For those old enough to remember September 11, 2001, there is a question that rarely needs explaining:
Where were you?
Most can still answer. We remember where we were, who we were with, and the images unfolding on television. For the fire service, those images became deeply personal as 343 FDNY firefighters climbed into the towers while thousands were trying to escape.
Twenty-five years later, time has changed the fire service in ways that put the passage of a quarter-century into perspective.
Today, only 19 members of the North Little Rock Fire Department remain who were already serving our department when the attacks occurred.
At the other end of that timeline, 10 of our current firefighters had not yet been born on September 11, 2001.
Some remember that morning firsthand. Some have known it only through photographs, videos, stories, and the traditions passed down to them.
But now they wear the same uniform. They ride the same fire trucks. And they have accepted the same promise made by generations before them: when others need help, we go.
That may be one of the most important meanings behind Never Forget.
Today, we honor the 2,977 lives lost, the first responders who ran toward danger, the families forever changed, and all those whose lives were shortened by illnesses connected to their service at Ground Zero.
Twenty-five years later, the faces in the firehouse are changing.
The responsibility to remember is not.
September 11, 2001 – September 11, 2026
Never Forget.
