Patrick Madrid reflects on the 25th anniversary of 9/11 with heartfelt honesty, sharing personal memories, the enduring aftermath, and the faith that helps people endure tragedy. Callers from different walks of life recount where they were, how the events reshaped their lives, and moments when they turned back to prayer, confession, and faith in the face of suffering. In this hour, gratitude mingles with loss and questions about faith and unity in a changed world, while stories of courage, spiritual renewal, and raw emotion unfold.

• Audio: Montage of 9/11 phone calls - https://x.com/SECNAV/status/2098371340684206469 (00:09)
• Joe - I was in Fort Lauderdale that morning. I remember being turned away from the airport and wasn't sure when I could get home. (03:05)
• Katie - I really appreciate this program. I appreciate the firsthand accounts I am hearing. This day personally affected me. I was raised Catholic but away from Church. This day tipped the scale for me coming back to faith. (06:42)
• Rolando - I wanted to say that a war veteran saved people from Morgan Stanley. He was in the South Tower. He told people to get at out and go down the stairs. People were singing God Bless America. He ran back in to get more people.  (08:51)
• Patrick shares some of the many emails received during the show today
• Audio: What happened on 911 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGXrZsX_1fU (18:36)
• Mark - Is the Muslim religion a religion of peace or a religion of making problems? What is your perspective? (23:52)
• Jamie - I was pregnant and my son was born 2 months later. Now he is working at cyber security. (32:36)
• Ian - This event influenced my life, even though I was born after. I am active-duty US Military and can share some little-known facts about Flight 893. (35:16)
• Audio: Adam Carolla’s Land Acknowledgement - https://x.com/overton_news/status/2097831715200700801?s=20 (39:04)
• Mary - I was starting a new job at my local high school. We ran a day care for teens moms at the high school in Aurora, IL. We wanted to calm moms worried about their babies. Now those babies are young adults. (40:02)
• Michael - Not a US citizen. I was in Germany and at a conference. It felt eerie. (43:42)
• Matthew - We have to reflect on what we learned, and what is it that makes us weak and susceptible? How can we turn the culture away from evil, abortion, contraception, etc? (46:27)
• Gabbie - I was getting ready to go to work and saw this on TV. I was working for a Catholic Tour company.  (47:59)
• Michelle - I want to remember John O'Neill who worked for the FBI, he was the head of security of the Twin Towers, he knew something big was going to happen. He started this investigation on Al-Qaeda (49:31)