In memory of those who lost their lives.
This page has stood on GreetingGrams since the autumn of 2001, when visitors to a small, silly greeting-card site suddenly needed a place to send something quieter. It remains here, unchanged in spirit, as our small candle in the window.
Remembering
On September 11th, 2001, nearly three thousand people lost their lives in New York City, at the Pentagon, and in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. They were office workers and firefighters, parents and children, travelers and first responders - ordinary people at the start of an ordinary day. We remember them, the families who carry their absence, and the rescuers who ran toward danger so that others could run from it.
In the weeks that followed, this little site received messages from visitors who had sent this page to coworkers, classmates and faraway family - not because anyone needed the news, but because people needed each other. A quarter of a century later that is still what remembrance looks like: ordinary people refusing to let the names fade. A greeting, it turns out, can also be a hand on a shoulder. That is the tradition this page keeps.
Ways to Honor the Day
- Visit or support the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, which preserves the history of the day and honors each name.
- Take part in a day of service. September 11th is recognized as a National Day of Service and Remembrance; a single kind act is a fitting tribute.
- Reach out to someone. The most repeated lesson of that morning's final phone calls is the simplest one: people used their last moments to say I love you. Say it today, while it is easy.
A Quiet Greeting
If you would like to share this page of remembrance with someone, send its link as you would any gram - some greetings are not celebrations, but they are no less worth sending. When you are ready, the friendship cards are a gentle way to follow through on that phone call you have been meaning to make, and the main page will be here when it is time to smile again.