25 Years After 9/11 Archives - Word In Black

As the NYPD’s first Black woman chaplain, Suzan Johnson Cook spent Sept. 11 driving strangers, comforting families and praying with first responders at Ground Zero.

25 Years After 9/11

New York ‘Became My Parish:’ A Black Chaplain Remembers 9/11

by Rev. Dorothy S. Boulware September 11, 2026September 11, 2026

Suzan Johnson Cook spent the day helping stranded New Yorkers before heading to Ground Zero, where firefighters simply asked her to pray.

New York, United States of America - November 20, 2016: Group of firemen waiting in front of the Grand Central Market in Manhattan

25 Years After 9/11

Black First Responders and Grief That Surfaces Years Later

by Jennifer Porter Gore September 11, 2026September 11, 2026

25 Years After 9/11

Health Toll of WTC Attacks Still Unfolding 25 Years Later

by Jennifer Porter Gore September 11, 2026September 11, 2026

The history of 9/11 includes Black firefighters, police officers, workers and Flight 93 pilot LeRoy Homer Jr. The national memory of the attack hasn't always reflected that history.

25 Years After 9/11

How America’s Memory of 9/11 Got Whitewashed

by Joseph Williams September 10, 2026September 15, 2026

Sarah Miller Clark boarded Flight 77 to help her D.C. students. John Wesley has spent a quarter-century making sure the world remembers the woman beyond the casualty list.

25 Years After 9/11

His Fiancée Died on Flight 77. He Won’t Let 9/11 Define Her

by Rev. Dorothy S. Boulware September 9, 2026September 11, 2026