Mike Milligan marks 25 years since September 11, recounting the attacks on the Twin Towers, Pentagon, and Flight 93. Nearly 3,000 people died. He emphasizes this moment is about collective memory and national reflection, not financial impact.
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As we close today, 25 years later, the memories are still fresh. Tuesday morning, 2001, blue sky in New York, blue sky in Washington, blue sky in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. 2 towers, the Pentagon, that field where they— where those passengers bravely said, let's go. Nearly 3,000 souls passed away. We watched the towers come down on live television. We watched neighbors, colleagues, first responders, and strangers, strangers become parts of our national memory. The stock market closed and stayed closed for 6 trading days. When it reopened, it fell hard. It recovered though. That is a market story and we will tell it. Next week and over the fall and into the winter. But today is not a market story. Today is a memory. Today is a moment.