When the first of the Twin Towers fell, Kris Booker and her classmates at culinary school...
Volunteers David Hoffman, let, and Randy Yeates scrub a headstone as they help with clean-up and maintenance efforts at Houston National Cemetery Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022 in Houston. The effort, organized by a group called JustServe, is being carried out in observance of 9/11 Day - a federally recognized day created to encourage acts of community service to"rekindle the spirit of unity that arose in America in the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks.
“I just recall how everyone was willing to serve. There wasn’t a person in our country that was not affected by this tragedy whether you were in New York or not,” added Booker, 51, in an interview after her speech. “Coming together on this day is a great way to honor all of those first responders who gave everything because there was a need.”
Volunteer and Cypress resident Cynthia SanchezHidalgo, 45, recalled how stunned she was watching the towers fall on television that morning as she was getting ready for work 21 years ago. She had a friend whose fiancé died in the terrorist attacks. Now she says volunteering is a way to heal and continue honoring lives lost.
Indeed for first responders and veterans at the 9/11 Day of Service, seeing so many volunteers straightening out headstones with sticks and wiping soapy water over the dusty names etched in stone was a reminder that their acts of service haven’t been forgotten.
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