09/10/2026
As we reflect for the 25th anniversary of September 11, we pause to remember the lives lost, the families forever changed, and the courage of the first responders and everyday heroes who stepped forward in the face of unimaginable tragedy. We remember, we honor, and we will never forget. This morning, 🇺🇸 Relay For America 🇺🇸 passed thru Groton, CT with "Reclaim the Route"
"Reclaim the Route" is a 9/11 Memorial Relay, organized by Relay For America.
The purpose of this continuous, 227.75-mile journey is to honor the 2,977 lives lost on September 11, 2001, and the responders lost since. Runners physically retrace the path that the two hijacked planes (American Airlines Flight 11 and United Flight 175) intended to take from Boston to New York. By running this path on the ground, participants aim to reclaim the route from a legacy of destruction, transforming it into a journey of hope, remembrance, and American unity.
The flag moves day and night, without a stop, from the 9/11 Memorial in the Boston Public Garden to Greenwich Street in Lower Manhattan. Each of the 25 segments is 9.11 miles. One group runs its segment, hands the flag to the next, and the next group carries it on: south through Providence, down the Rhode Island shore, along the Connecticut coast through New London, New Haven, Bridgeport and Stamford, into the Bronx, and down through Manhattan to the World Trade Center site.
Twenty-five segments for twenty-five years. The last one finishes at 8:30 a.m. on September 11.
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