Please join the UNTHSC Student Veterans Association and the Student Emergency Response Team in reflecting on the events of 11 September 2001.
In the chaos of that day people responded with courage and compassion. They risked themselves to reach the injured, the trapped, and the terrified. They rushed towards destruction so as to bring healing and hope.
“Numerous civilians in all stairwells, numerous burn [victims] are coming down. We’re trying to send them down first? We’re still heading up.?
? Capt. Patrick Brown, FDNY Ladder #3. He made this radio transmission minutes before his death in the collapse of the North Tower of the World Trade Center.