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JOHN ONDRASIK: What 9/11 taught us about courage, unity and the price of freedom

'Never Forget' cannot become merely a slogan printed on a bumper sticker or repeated once every September

By John Ondrasik Fox News

Published September 11, 2026 5:00am EDT

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Trump awards 'man in the red bandana' who saved lives on 9/11 with Presidential Medal of Freedom

The family of 9/11 hero Welles Crowther, known as the "man in the red bandana," receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The volunteer firefighter saved numerous lives in the South Tower before losing his own.

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9/11 occurred on a Tuesday.

In October 2009, I released a song entitled "Tuesday" — a musical plea to never forget the lessons of September 11, 2001, when Islamic terrorists murdered 2,977 innocent people on American soil.

Is Monday coming back

That’s what Mondays do

They turn and turn around

Afraid to see it through

Welcome to Monday.

9/11 IS BECOMING HISTORY. MY GENERATION MUST MAKE SURE AMERICA NEVER FORGETS

Performing my song "Superman" at Paul McCartney’s Concert for New York City was one of the great honors of my life. To spend that day — and share that stage — with heroic New York City first responders and the families of those murdered was an incredibly humbling, life-changing experience.

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Much of the audience at Madison Square Garden consisted of firefighters, police officers, rescue workers and others who had spent the previous month sifting through the rubble and........

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