From West Texas, we remember

WEWILLALWAYSREMEMBER FromWestTexas to the NewYork City skyline, honoring the lives lost and sacrifices made on Sept. 11, 2001. | POST DISPATCH
WEWILLALWAYSREMEMBER FromWestTexas to the NewYork City skyline, honoring the lives lost and sacrifices made on Sept. 11, 2001. | POST DISPATCH

Twenty-five years have passed since Sept. 11, 2001, but there are some days a nation does not outgrow.

For those of us in small-town West Texas, New York City seemed a world away. The Pentagon was hundreds of miles from our homes, and many had never heard of Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Yet that September morning, distance did not matter.

We watched the same television screens. We felt the same disbel…