Despite the passage of time, recollections can come rushing back in an instant when 9/11 arrives. The arrival of a landmark date, such as Friday’s 25th anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks in New York, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C., heightens the somber remembrance and deep contemplation at what has transpired since.
At few places was the impact of 9/11—both in the moment and over the ensuing decades—felt more acutely than by two football teams from the 2001 season: the Army Black Knights and the Navy Midshipmen. Months before the pair staged one of the most remarkable games in their illustrious history, both sides were just like most of the country that fateful Tuesday morning, each trying to make sense of what they were seeing.
