FOX Sports Remembers
Throughout its weekend programming, FOX Sports presented a series of features recognizing and honoring the victims and heroes of the 9/11 attacks.
Tom Rinaldi on the meaning and connection between sports and 9/11, then and now, in “The Given Day”:
Never Forget 🇺🇸💙 pic.twitter.com/dWDHHwu9SD
— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) September 11, 2021
Tom Rinaldi tells the story of Brent Woodall, a two-sport standout at Cal who tragically lost his life on 9/11, and how Woodall’s family honors his legacy every day:
20 years after the death of Brent Woodall in the September 11, 2001 attack on the the World Trade Center, the memory of the @CalFootball hero lives on 🇺🇸
This is his story, told by Tom Rinaldi pic.twitter.com/xxPyj05PL5
— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) September 11, 2021
The Nebraska Tunnel Walk is one of college football’s greatest traditions, but it took on new meaning when it incorporated military personnel and first responders on September 20, 2001:
The @HuskerFBNation Tunnel Walk is always great, but there's never been one as special as this one in 2001 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/w1113v1HoA
— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) September 11, 2021
Following 9/11, Pat Tillman put aside his NFL career to enlist in the U.S. Army before losing his life in service. Air Force veteran Mike Hill narrates this tribute to Tillman’s sacrifice:
Following the attacks of September 11th, @ASUFootball legend Pat Tillman put aside his football career to enlist in the US Army
His sacrifice and legacy live on today 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/mZJNfKYhAq
— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) September 11, 2021
New York’s own 12-year-old Roen Emersyn Jones performed a special rendition of “God Bless America” prior to Saturday’s game between the Mets and Yankees:
A special rendition of “God Bless America” by New York’s own 12-year-old Roen Emersyn Jones on a night we reflect, honor and remember.
The full piece is set to air tonight ahead of #NYYvsNYM at 7:00 PM ET on FOX. #NeverForget pic.twitter.com/BCJKrDsB5z
— FOX Sports PR (@FOXSportsPR) September 11, 2021
Written by Tom Verducci and narrated by Billy Crystal, the open to Saturday’s Yankees-Mets game reflects on how baseball’s return provided our country with a sense of comfort and hope:
More than a game. #NeverForget
"Baseball did not heal… it did not bring back the more than 400 first responders who ran toward danger. But it did give us some comfort. Some hope." pic.twitter.com/a6tkjnH57z
— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) September 11, 2021
Tom Rinaldi reflects on the home run that touched the hearts of New Yorkers, and baseball fans across the country, forever:
Ten days after the attacks on September 11th, baseball returned to New York.
Relive the emotional night Mike Piazza hit a home run that helped us heal. #NeverForget pic.twitter.com/oBhSGXBZYF
— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) September 11, 2021
Twenty years after 9/11, Jay Glazer’s Merging Vets & Players Foundation continues to help former military members:
"Who's got your back? I got your back." 🗣
20 years after 9/11, @JayGlazer's foundation Merging Vets and Players is helping former military now more than ever. pic.twitter.com/08WnhcdqPw
— FOX Sports: NFL (@NFLonFOX) September 12, 2021
The FDNY Bravest football team lost 22 teammates on 9/11. Michael Strahan sits down with members of the New York City Fire Department to honor their memories:
"We're taller than the twin towers, and don't you ever forget it."@michaelstrahan had the opportunity to talk with members of the FDNY. Together they looked back and remembered their fallen brothers that lost their lives on 9/11. pic.twitter.com/oB7kDWaayT
— FOX Sports: NFL (@NFLonFOX) September 12, 2021
