Dozens gathered the morning of Sept. 11 in Grapevine to mark the 24th anniversary of the 2001 terror attacks on the United States.
The annual ceremony took place at the city’s 9/11 Flight Crew Memorial, which is only a short drive from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.
Jason Gustin is a first officer with American Airlines and DFW vice chair for the Allied Pilots Association, a labor union based in Fort Worth. He said it’s important for those who remember the day of the attacks to pass along memories to younger people who may not have been old enough to form their own, or who hadn’t been born yet.
“In the fog of the morning, before your first cup of coffee, you’re watching this on the news,” he said. “It stole the soul of America, and the biggest thing I can say to our youth is it’s up to us to make sure that it never happens again.”…