Folks gathered at the Lubbock County Courthouse for a memorial and prayer service to remember the fallen and honor the heroes who risked their and those who lost their lives during the attack.
Kent Hinson, Lubbock Resident, said, “I don’t think it should ever be forgotten it needs to be reminded every year of all the people that lost their lives down there. Digging through the rubble, finding bodies and it’s bad but it doesn’t need to be forgotten it just doesn’t, flat out it doesn’t need to be forgotten.”
While the day was tragic folks can’t help but remember exactly where they were and what they were doing when the towers were struck.
Ysidro Gutierrez, Sergeant Major, told us, “I was at work and we had a giant screen TV between my office and the break room and I was walking from my office to the break room and there it is on that giant TV screen.”
Benny Guerrero Jr., Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, said, “We were all stranded in our quarters and the screen came upon us, we all got the phone call regardless of the typhoon and hurricane conditions, saying hey report to work.”
Deanie Green, Lubbock Resident, explained, “I was terrified about it and so emotional at that time, as I’m getting now and hope that we never have to go through anything like that again, any country.”
It’s important this day’s not lost in time. These memorials honor those who were lost and make America the country it is today.
Gutierrez, elaborated, “Memorials are important because it’s what builds a nation, it’s what build a culture, it’s what builds a society, those memories. Here in this country the United States of America, regardless of all the problems we have, we are still one nation under God. “
Guerrero, expressed, “This happened less than two decades ago and it’s important for us to remember because what it does, it sparks that patriotism, the love for your country, the love for you(your) neighbor. Once we came out it didn’t matter what color you were, what religion you were, what gender you were, what’s your sexual preference, we were one thing and we were Americans.”
