Yeah, but Toby Keith's " Courtesy of the Red White and Blue", took care of that, and rightfully so. I'm not taking away anything from Alan Jackson song, but we should be angry over what happened on that day.
@@kenp.9762 It's not healthy to live with so much anger. Cold, hard, and calculated destruction of evil in the world doesn't require anger, just determination. God Bless America.
@wildfireintexas ... Do you really think that members of Al Queda, Isis, and the Taliban really care about living in anger? Yet, somehow they manage to keep trekking on. That's the whole idea of TERRORISM, they want to alter our free way of living. And the two ways we deal with it are, sympathy, and anger.... both have their place, and their purpose. Don't think for one minute, that the "oh, it's ok, we forgive you" attitude will get these evil people to stop what they are doing. Now, a few B-52s, dropping a half-dozen bombs on their cave in the side of that mountain, now THAT might work !!! And, like i said... I like Mr. Jackson's work....but did he ever go and see the troops stationed overseas? And I'm not just talking 'glad-handing' the high ranking officers. Check out "Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue".... Actual footage of Toby actually going through a training session, INCLUDING jumping out of an airplane. Toby BACKS UP our troops, doesn't just sing about them !!!!!
@@@wildfireintexas ... To not give a shit about the terrorists, is the same as saying, just let them go on, hurting our troops... Your passive bullshit way of dealing with terrorism, will just get all of our troops killed.
As a singer, who has sung at funerals of friends and family, you don't look directly at anyone. If you see the emotion or catch someone's eyes at a time when their emotions are laid bare, you could never finish the song. You hold that stuff tight and then let your emotion come through your voice. There's always time for cryin' when the music stops.
@@Takwakin40 You are so right. In 1988 when I was 16, my mother passed away unexpectedly from a stroke. I was an only child (female), so when she died, it was just me & my dad. I was in our church choir but every 2 or 3 Sundays in church, I would sing a solo before the sermon. 2 weeks after my mom died, I sang "If These Walls Could Speak", by Amy Grant. ruclips.net/video/vNzwQI9eSAU/видео.html The song had only been released for 5 months at the time, so nobody in our church was familiar with it except me, because I had bought the 'karaoke' (instrumental) tape a couple of months earlier. Practicing the song *alone* in my room, it took me about a dozen times to even get all the way through it without breaking down, because the lyrics could not have been more perfect at describing what it was like in our home now, with my mom being gone and it being just my dad & I. Anyways, that Sunday, I thought I was going to have a nervous breakdown and almost backed out, but deep down, I didn't want to back out because I wanted my dad to hear the lyrics, because of the message of the song. Up in front of everyone, as the intro started & I glanced at my dad & grandma (my moms' mom), my grandma was already crying & my dad was doing everything he could to keep from breaking down, too. I picked a spot on the wall wayyyy up by the front door to be my focal point to avoid looking at everyone in the congregation because I knew if I saw them break down, I was going to, too. It was the longest 5 minutes and 40'some seconds of my life. When the song was over, I looked over at my dad & grandma, who were both bawling. From the rest of the congregation, all I could hear as I was walking back to my seat, was sniffling and nose blowing, lol. When I sat down and looked around the church, everyone had been crying. I didn't notice it while I was up there, because I had done exactly what you said....avoid eye contact. It works. 👍🏻😭
@@calebholcomb8812 Hi Caleb 🙂🌼 You're welcome. I'm sorry for it being so lengthy but there was really no way to shorten it without leaving out details that "set the scene" of that day. Thank you for the kind words and have a wonderful Thanksgiving, Caleb. Stay safe & take care.
Same here! It also makes me sad that the terrorists were trying to tear our country apart...but as it turned out, we didn't need them to do that. We're doing it to ourselves.
I remember watching the CMA's that night and being speechless when he was done singing this song. I came across it again this afternoon while listening to his songs as background music and it struck me that here we are 18 years later and we, as a society, have lost our way. We have forgotten about the love and respect that we showed towards one another after this tragedy...we cared for each another regardless of gender, race, religion, political view, sexual preference, North, South, East or West. We treated ourselves as if we were all the human race. The Patriotism was unbelievable. We worked together. Of course we will never forget the tragedy of that day and all of the lives lost. The absolute hell that people went through and we did whatever we could to help each other get some sense of normalcy back in the "day to day" lives..but sadly, we did forget the solidarity, respect, and love we showed towards each other. We donated our time, money, we stood in lines for hours to donate blood, clothing, and food and here we are now 18 years later...more divided than ever. We forgot how to treat one another.
Douglas, brilliant writing. My heart is in your words. I too remember the national love and unity and see now how political forces have driven us apart. All I can do is hope and pray for us to gather, unite and move our great country back to total acceptance. We are all different and that makes the world go round. Do not fear someone who is not like you. Relish in our diversity. And Love.
Couldn’t have said it better.. Political views have blinded everyone and once again it takes tragedy to open hearts I’ll never understand this concept.. it goes back to the old saying you do t know what you have until it’s gone. I get that we are all guilty of this but to treat one another the way we are today is pretty baffling.. Us it the technology that is isolating us? Is it the conveniences at our disposal? Is it all too much? We have spoiled ourselves and in this day and age. Is it too much to ask to just treat one another w respect because hey in the end we all go out the way we came in.. Let’s not complicate this life anymore than it needs to be.. Faith hope and love are some good things he gave us and the greatest is Love! So simple yet so complicated it seems for the masses.
I heard it first on the radio. The DJ said it was going to be an emotional song, about 9/11. I was like okay.... I was driving. Had to pull over because I broke down in tears. Still makes me cry/gives me chills every time and takes me right back to Fall 2001
InvisibleYetVisible That’s a pretty cynical remark. It seems from watching this video that at the time he wrote it from his heart. And how do you know that he didn’t donate some of the profits of this song to charity to maybe help the survivors? Sometimes you hear about performers doing that sort of thing, and this sort of tragedy does often bring out the better side of people.
September, 11th 2020. I can't help but listen to this song today. May the souls of everyone lost during the bombing continue to rest in peace. Let's keep loving and supporting everyone to make our world a better place.
I'm a firefighter from Illinois, one of our men used to be FDNY, but moved here in 2002 after 9/11, he was on shift that day and knew 45 of the 343 firefighters who died that day. All I can say is even though i work in the same profession, I could never have the same courage that he and those others had that day, let alone the ones who didn't make it out. RIP 343 FDNY 23 NYPD 37 PAPD 8 EMTs/Paramedics 2,977 total You will never be forgotten
I cried the first time I heard this song I was 18 about to go off to college could not believe on a such a beautiful day such evil could befall us. God bless America and thank you Alan great song.
I too was an 18 year old, had graduated and getting Ready to do the adult thing and get a job. I had flown over the trade towers 3 months to the day prior to the attacks... I was stunned and cried the first time I heard this song. To this day I can't listen to it without remembering those feelings
I had retired from the Marines two years prior and I struggled a lot with guilt...guilt that I couldn't serve...guilt that men and women I served with...I couldn't be at their side to defend our nation with them.
I joined the Marine Corps because of the events of that day. Now I have to watch a generation of disrespectful stains on society ruin our great nation. These ungrateful socialist morons really burn me up. Thank you for your service. There's no way you could've known this was going to happen when you retired. Remember you've done more for this country than most of our elected officials.
I’m 16 years old I wasn’t even alive but I know this effected us all as a society... I love “country,” not “old country,” it’s just country in my books. This man is awesome for paying respect to those who never came back home from work. Words can’t describe....
2 days after 9-11 i was wheels up to Afghanistan for multiply deployments. That song is one of the most powerful songs ever written or sung that brought the American people together.
2021... It's been 20 years and this country is more divided now than ever... I just needed a little reminder that we were all united at one point in time. 😢😢😢
I was giving a student a Make-up Test, absent when it was given! I will never ever forget that day! A schooll of over 400 and not a sound was heard except crying! We were in shock!
343 Firefighters/Brothers, many police officers and EMTS. All brothers who went to save all who could. All heroes Please pray for our brothers and sisters who suffer from cancer and PTSD from working at Ground Zero
Yea war sucks but we were attacked and they sponsored terrorist so they got their ass handed to em.. We want peace but their stupid religion wants death..
I almost lost my sister. For a long time we thought she was dead. It was only an hour. But it felt like a lifetime. The only thing that saved her was that the teacher didn't wake up in time to take them to the towers. I still cry to this day over her, and what could have happened.
bryan j Jones I remember it as though it was this morning, it doesn't help that we had a school shooting at a San Bernardino California elementary school on Monday, APRIL 10th. 2017. 😢 😢 😢 😢 😢 😢 😢 😢 😢 😢 😢 😢 😢 😢 😢 😢 😢 😢 😢 😢.
I remember going into Atlanta & watching newspapers or trash blowing across the empty streets like tumbleweeds & the overwhelming silence of a nearly deserted city. Wondering if my son & I would die in a crash caused by an airplane.
same i was in school that day and all the tv's in the school had been turned on reporting about the event, i ran out of the classroom and called family
I was a junior in high school sitting in my current events class when it happened. I remember watching the news in class and crying when I watched it. It was a heartbreaking day.
I was 4 when 9/11 happened, but I saw everything and remember it clear as day because the emergency alert came across the T.V, interrupting my cartoons. One of my mother’s’ childhood friends passed away, and I remember her falling to the floor when his name came across the bottom of the screen. This song and anything related to this day gives me a knot in my stomach and makes me cry. I absolutely love this song tho because I also remember how kind people were after the tragedy. It’s too bad that a national tragedy has to occur in order for that to be the norm
I completely agree. I was 13 when I saw this happen. We were suppose to be in focus class (or known as homeroom class) watching a dedicated television for our young minds but national news was on that's when we saw it happen. I'm sorry for your mom. Losing someone you love is never easy and will never be easy.
Dale Nelson amen brother I remember that day same year my baby sister and brother were in second grade and my step dad made my mom pull me out of school I’m special needs I’m still shakeing
It pisses me off that people have forgotten about that day. When this happened our country came together. Now we are more divided than ever before. It will take something like another 9/11 for our country to unite again. I will never forget that day those images will never leave my mind.
He told the story, similar to what Vince Gill said in the introduction. That he had to suddenly get up during the middle of the night and write it. He said God Himself wrote it through Alan, that literally all he did was hold the pen.✒💖🎶🎸
Listening in 2023.. was watching the night he played it. Tears in my eyes.. Thinking of those lost and their families. Our responders etc. .I am proud Army Vet.. Thank you Alan..we needed this song
16 years later, i still have a hard time comprehending everything i saw then. this song makes me weep to this day. my hear will forever break for those we lost and their families. as well as those we have lost in the war on terror since. god bless them all!
imagine having every word of this song come out of your mouth in the shower on 9-11 and then being there when this song was played live for the first time...that's what happened to me....
I just love your music me. Jackson, and it's truly soothing I listened to all your music GOSPEL, country, you are one by far has great talent I truly wish you will the best is yet to come love you Mr. Allen Jackson keep the good work up❤️❤️❤️
I was four years old when 9/11 and I still remember where I was that day I was at the doctors office with my mom who was pregnant with my little brother and that day was hard but three days later god blessed me with my little brother and my focus changed
thank you alan Jackson my brother my he rest in peace allan tarasiewicz of rescue -5 F.D.N.Y. and all of the Heroes who lost their lives savings others ALL GAVE AND SOME GAVE ALL FROM YOUR BROTHER MARK
I was 33 years old when the 9/11 attacks happened. Seeing all the chaos, all the frightened people, and all the death and destruction, was a total nightmare. Nowadays, our country is being attacked again, but in a different way. The old-fashioned values that so many of us have held dear for so long are under serious attack. As a conservative Christian woman, this just rubs me the wrong way! Never in all of my 51- almost 52 years - have I seen America in such a mess!I I love this country. I was born and raised in this country. And I am sick of what's been going on for the past several years! This is not the America that I and many others grew up in. I want my country back! This heartfelt song by Alan Jackson just speaks volumes about what so many of us felt on 9/11. I wish this song was back on the radio. It's a song that people definitely need to hear more often these days.
This song made me swell with pride. This song made me proud to be an American after 9/11, but it really made me think of others and what they were dealing with.
I was cutting wood in my backyard with my dad. My wife told us what happened. I love you very much and miss ya old man. Think of you all the time. RIP. Love ya your son.
Great song! For Alan Jackson to right this song was a good thing! Made people think! RIP on 9/11 to all those who lost there lives on that day! We will never forget!
I was in 3rd grade history and the principle came over the intercom and told every teacher to turn on the news.... then he said a prayer... remember it like it was yesterday!!!
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I remember when I first heard this song randomly on the radio and within the opening question, "Where were you when the world stopped turning that September day?", I knew immediately what he was talking about. Those of us who are old enough to have witnessed it (I was 13 in 2001) will always remember.
Sept 10th, 2020 Eve Anniversary of 9/11. God Bless the souls and families affected by this tragic event. May God Bless America and May God soften the Hearts of those who would do evil to others.
In the new world of covid-19, we seem to have forgotten his message of love, caring for one another , reflecting on all we still have and banding together. Such a shame that more do not listen to this song and realize we are stronger helping each other through anything that comes.
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Have been playing this song all day. I have shared it with a lot of friends so that we could remember together least we ever forget. Thank you Alan for such a heartfelt song.
A great song, heartfelt, I was on Holiday in Majorca, in a supermarket, a man heard my husband an I speakin English, came up to us a told us the twin towers have fallen, we rushed to our hotel an watched CNN for two days, holiday over, shocked to numbness, no words in the dictionary for the this shock. Thank God for Alan Jackson, this song made sense out of catastrophe, this is my only memory of that holiday, the rest long forgotten. I'm writing this today, cause not one thing has got better, no lessons learned, the world we live in has no conception of grace, peace, forgiveness. May God forgive us for what we do. An that's a Hail Mary right there. 🙏🍀
Yeah, this song just plain stopped me in my tracks..........it still brings tears........I am so glad that our strong nation survived this horrible attack
I remember watching this performance . I had been in lockdown in school cause of how the prisoners were acting. I’ll never forget that it was my foster parents daughter in law that picked me upped that day. His song made me cry cause I let out all the emotions that I was feeling that day .
I was at school, grade one, but i remember coming home and seeing the towers on the tv. I asked my mom what happened and she ran into the living room, tears in her eyes, turned the tv off and sent me outside saying she'll explain later. I was in highschool when i realized what that random, burned into my brain, memory was.
i,m just a singer of simple songs - but what a powerful song - the sincerity and emotion he delivers in his voice can not be matched - resonates to this day - 16 years later after 9.11.2001
Who is listening to this in 2020 on this September 11.
It breaks my hearts just as much today as it did then.
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me #Neverforget 19 years later
first thing i did this morning was play this song!!1
@@logantroutman4084 Allll the way from Nigeria.
Pure class. Not angry, not full of blame. Not aggressive. Just kindness and empathy and love
DoraLee Mercurio I agree with everything you said and I also believe that only an American would have written a song like this.
Yeah, but Toby Keith's " Courtesy of the Red White and Blue", took care of that, and rightfully so. I'm not taking away anything from Alan Jackson song, but we should be angry over what happened on that day.
@@kenp.9762 It's not healthy to live with so much anger. Cold, hard, and calculated destruction of evil in the world doesn't require anger, just determination. God Bless America.
@wildfireintexas ... Do you really think that members of Al Queda, Isis, and the Taliban really care about living in anger? Yet, somehow they manage to keep trekking on. That's the whole idea of TERRORISM, they want to alter our free way of living. And the two ways we deal with it are, sympathy, and anger.... both have their place, and their purpose. Don't think for one minute, that the "oh, it's ok, we forgive you" attitude will get these evil people to stop what they are doing. Now, a few B-52s, dropping a half-dozen bombs on their cave in the side of that mountain, now THAT might work !!!
And, like i said... I like Mr. Jackson's work....but did he ever go and see the troops stationed overseas? And I'm not just talking 'glad-handing' the high ranking officers. Check out "Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue".... Actual footage of Toby actually going through a training session, INCLUDING jumping out of an airplane. Toby BACKS UP our troops, doesn't just sing about them !!!!!
@@@wildfireintexas ... To not give a shit about the terrorists, is the same as saying, just let them go on, hurting our troops... Your passive bullshit way of dealing with terrorism, will just get all of our troops killed.
How did he not ball his eyes out when singing this? I can’t imagine being in that room. So powerful
As a singer, who has sung at funerals of friends and family, you don't look directly at anyone. If you see the emotion or catch someone's eyes at a time when their emotions are laid bare, you could never finish the song. You hold that stuff tight and then let your emotion come through your voice. There's always time for cryin' when the music stops.
@@Takwakin40 You are so right. In 1988 when I was 16, my mother passed away unexpectedly from a stroke. I was an only child (female), so when she died, it was just me & my dad. I was in our church choir but every 2 or 3 Sundays in church, I would sing a solo before the sermon. 2 weeks after my mom died, I sang "If These Walls Could Speak", by Amy Grant. ruclips.net/video/vNzwQI9eSAU/видео.html The song had only been released for 5 months at the time, so nobody in our church was familiar with it except me, because I had bought the 'karaoke' (instrumental) tape a couple of months earlier. Practicing the song *alone* in my room, it took me about a dozen times to even get all the way through it without breaking down, because the lyrics could not have been more perfect at describing what it was like in our home now, with my mom being gone and it being just my dad & I. Anyways, that Sunday, I thought I was going to have a nervous breakdown and almost backed out, but deep down, I didn't want to back out because I wanted my dad to hear the lyrics, because of the message of the song. Up in front of everyone, as the intro started & I glanced at my dad & grandma (my moms' mom), my grandma was already crying & my dad was doing everything he could to keep from breaking down, too. I picked a spot on the wall wayyyy up by the front door to be my focal point to avoid looking at everyone in the congregation because I knew if I saw them break down, I was going to, too. It was the longest 5 minutes and 40'some seconds of my life. When the song was over, I looked over at my dad & grandma, who were both bawling. From the rest of the congregation, all I could hear as I was walking back to my seat, was sniffling and nose blowing, lol. When I sat down and looked around the church, everyone had been crying. I didn't notice it while I was up there, because I had done exactly what you said....avoid eye contact. It works. 👍🏻😭
@@sunshinejividen2832 thank you for sharing that with all of us, that’s an amazing story
@@calebholcomb8812 Hi Caleb 🙂🌼 You're welcome. I'm sorry for it being so lengthy but there was really no way to shorten it without leaving out details that "set the scene" of that day. Thank you for the kind words and have a wonderful Thanksgiving, Caleb. Stay safe & take care.
you can see in his eyes he's tearing up.
A defining moment in music history, Alan Jackson debuting this song at the CMA awards.
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It's been 20 years, and we still cry when we hear this song. The reality is this is the greatest song in country music history.
Sept 11th 2019, this song still brings me to tears!
I was just thinking the same thing ...
Me too
Me too
Same here! It also makes me sad that the terrorists were trying to tear our country apart...but as it turned out, we didn't need them to do that. We're doing it to ourselves.
Me too
I remember watching the CMA's that night and being speechless when he was done singing this song. I came across it again this afternoon while listening to his songs as background music and it struck me that here we are 18 years later and we, as a society, have lost our way. We have forgotten about the love and respect that we showed towards one another after this tragedy...we cared for each another regardless of gender, race, religion, political view, sexual preference, North, South, East or West. We treated ourselves as if we were all the human race. The Patriotism was unbelievable. We worked together.
Of course we will never forget the tragedy of that day and all of the lives lost. The absolute hell that people went through and we did whatever we could to help each other get some sense of normalcy back in the "day to day" lives..but sadly, we did forget the solidarity, respect, and love we showed towards each other. We donated our time, money, we stood in lines for hours to donate blood, clothing, and food and here we are now 18 years later...more divided than ever. We forgot how to treat one another.
so true . the haters have to stop
Douglas, brilliant writing. My heart is in your words. I too remember the national love and unity and see now how political forces have driven us apart. All I can do is hope and pray for us to gather, unite and move our great country back to total acceptance. We are all different and that makes the world go round. Do not fear someone who is not like you. Relish in our diversity. And Love.
Couldn’t have said it better.. Political views have blinded everyone and once again it takes tragedy to open hearts I’ll never understand this concept.. it goes back to the old saying you do t know what you have until it’s gone. I get that we are all guilty of this but to treat one another the way we are today is pretty baffling.. Us it the technology that is isolating us? Is it the conveniences at our disposal? Is it all too much? We have spoiled ourselves and in this day and age. Is it too much to ask to just treat one another w respect because hey in the end we all go out the way we came in.. Let’s not complicate this life anymore than it needs to be.. Faith hope and love are some good things he gave us and the greatest is Love! So simple yet so complicated it seems for the masses.
I heard it first on the radio. The DJ said it was going to be an emotional song, about 9/11. I was like okay.... I was driving.
Had to pull over because I broke down in tears.
Still makes me cry/gives me chills every time and takes me right back to Fall 2001
I remember watching it too. I sat in bed and bawled!
you know this is back when country was country
Almost 16 years later this song still hits the heart
Almost 16 years later, and Alan is still cashing in on peoples emotions.
Yes it still does hit the heart!!!!
18 years now, and it still tugs at your hearstrings
InvisibleYetVisible That’s a pretty cynical remark. It seems from watching this video that at the time he wrote it from his heart. And how do you know that he didn’t donate some of the profits of this song to charity to maybe help the survivors? Sometimes you hear about performers doing that sort of thing, and this sort of tragedy does often bring out the better side of people.
18 today
September, 11th 2020. I can't help but listen to this song today. May the souls of everyone lost during the bombing continue to rest in peace. Let's keep loving and supporting everyone to make our world a better place.
Amen to that brother
I was in elementary school when 9/11 occurred my sister Natalie was born a year before she was a baby when 9/11 happened
Why don't we have song like this anymore. From your heart to the note.
Jason Huang there everywhere you just keep listening to this song
i wish he would bring out more hits
Michael Stevenson Jesus that's a little soft
There's quite a bit on the independent country music scene. They just don't get the recognition.
Feminism Jason. thats why
This song will always make me feel feels. Holy cow. One of the most beautiful country songs ever written.
I wasnt even alive during the fall of the towers yet for some reason this song feels,relatable....
This is a message straight from the heart,a true heart felt classic song from the heart of a Christian man❤️
I'm a firefighter from Illinois, one of our men used to be FDNY, but moved here in 2002 after 9/11, he was on shift that day and knew 45 of the 343 firefighters who died that day. All I can say is even though i work in the same profession, I could never have the same courage that he and those others had that day, let alone the ones who didn't make it out.
RIP 343 FDNY
23 NYPD
37 PAPD
8 EMTs/Paramedics
2,977 total
You will never be forgotten
Thank you for being a first responder and give that man a hug from me all the way from Texas. I can't imagine the things he saw that day.
I remember watching this , and cried all the way through it. Still brings a tear.
I know how you feel because when my teacher talked about she put this on and I cured all the way through it
Alyssa I wish I could...I still cry...
If only we had some sort of ladder to heaven.
Deb Pet as a disabled combat veteran it brings tears to my eyes
I saw it too, Deborah. What an important moment in music history. One of the most brilliant songs ever written.
19 years later and it still brings me to tears, let us never forget , GOD BLESS
I cried the first time I heard this song I was 18 about to go off to college could not believe on a such a beautiful day such evil could befall us. God bless America and thank you Alan great song.
I too was an 18 year old, had graduated and getting Ready to do the adult thing and get a job. I had flown over the trade towers 3 months to the day prior to the attacks... I was stunned and cried the first time I heard this song. To this day I can't listen to it without remembering those feelings
With all the hate in America right now this song has so much meaning. We need this back.
I had retired from the Marines two years prior and I struggled a lot with guilt...guilt that I couldn't serve...guilt that men and women I served with...I couldn't be at their side to defend our nation with them.
The fact that you served in the military at any point is still commendable and I want to thank you for your service
God Bless You!
@@robertcastro2163 Amen God Bless!
Thank you for service!
I joined the Marine Corps because of the events of that day. Now I have to watch a generation of disrespectful stains on society ruin our great nation. These ungrateful socialist morons really burn me up. Thank you for your service. There's no way you could've known this was going to happen when you retired. Remember you've done more for this country than most of our elected officials.
This would not happen in 2019. The patriotism. This is old. I miss it.
I’m 16 years old I wasn’t even alive but I know this effected us all as a society... I love “country,” not “old country,” it’s just country in my books. This man is awesome for paying respect to those who never came back home from work. Words can’t describe....
2 days after 9-11 i was wheels up to Afghanistan for multiply deployments. That song is one of the most powerful songs ever written or sung that brought the American people together.
I called my mother that day and told her I loved her. On November 14th of that same year, she passed away. She was amazing.
I’m so sorry for your loss
I remember seeing the 2nd plane hit the twin towers, and feeling TOTALLY numb. Alan's song is the perfect memorial for that awful day
And Toby Keith's "Coutesy of the Red,White, and Blue" is perfect motivation, for the days that followed !!!
"Kids" today just don't get it. It's sad.
2021... It's been 20 years and this country is more divided now than ever...
I just needed a little reminder that we were all united at one point in time. 😢😢😢
I was giving a student a Make-up Test, absent when it was given! I will never ever forget that day! A schooll of over 400 and not a sound was heard except crying! We were in shock!
It's been 19 years y'all💔 faith, hope and love✝️
ill will never ever forget!!!!! R.I.P to all the 3,000 people who lost their lives on September 11th, 2001
And the ones who became sick working down their. So sad..
343 Firefighters/Brothers, many police officers and EMTS. All brothers who went to save all who could. All heroes
Please pray for our brothers and sisters who suffer from cancer and PTSD from working at Ground Zero
Never mind the 300,000 Iraqis that were killed too....just saying
Yea war sucks but we were attacked and they sponsored terrorist so they got their ass handed to em.. We want peace but their stupid religion wants death..
JasenHazu yeah but who cares about them tho
Man what a powerful song, can't listen to it without tearing up.
me too!
alan jackson is true country music... not to many like him anymore... his music is amazing
I almost lost my sister. For a long time we thought she was dead. It was only an hour. But it felt like a lifetime. The only thing that saved her was that the teacher didn't wake up in time to take them to the towers. I still cry to this day over her, and what could have happened.
I'm glad your sister is ok. 🙂
i will never forget that morning/day i remember it like it was yesterday
Dawn Swallow me too
bryan j Jones I remember it as though it was this morning, it doesn't help that we had a school shooting at a San Bernardino California elementary school on Monday, APRIL 10th. 2017.
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i wasn't born then but i know about it i can't even imagine how it would feel if this ever happened now.
I remember going into Atlanta & watching newspapers or trash blowing across the empty streets like tumbleweeds & the overwhelming silence of a nearly deserted city. Wondering if my son & I would die in a crash caused by an airplane.
same i was in school that day and all the tv's in the school had been turned on reporting about the event, i ran out of the classroom and called family
2:41 always gets me ... (teaching a class full of innocent children) is what I was doing when it happened.
So was my wife, and I was a 1st responder at Shanksville, PA. where flight 93 hit. This really hots homenfor us.
@@kb3jqz Thank you for your service. I can't even fathom what you experienced that day.
I was one of those innocent children. I still don’t understand it, but I know the only way to understand it is to buy into the mindset behind it,
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I was a junior in high school sitting in my current events class when it happened. I remember watching the news in class and crying when I watched it. It was a heartbreaking day.
I was 4 when 9/11 happened, but I saw everything and remember it clear as day because the emergency alert came across the T.V, interrupting my cartoons. One of my mother’s’ childhood friends passed away, and I remember her falling to the floor when his name came across the bottom of the screen. This song and anything related to this day gives me a knot in my stomach and makes me cry. I absolutely love this song tho because I also remember how kind people were after the tragedy. It’s too bad that a national tragedy has to occur in order for that to be the norm
I completely agree. I was 13 when I saw this happen. We were suppose to be in focus class (or known as homeroom class) watching a dedicated television for our young minds but national news was on that's when we saw it happen. I'm sorry for your mom. Losing someone you love is never easy and will never be easy.
Almost 20 years later, this song is still just as powerful and beautiful. He is a class act.
How could 108 people NOT LIKE this song?
9-11 was the first time my sheltered self knew there was real evil in the world and it scared the hell out of me.
Dale Nelson amen brother I remember that day same year my baby sister and brother were in second grade and my step dad made my mom pull me out of school I’m special needs I’m still shakeing
It pisses me off that people have forgotten about that day. When this happened our country came together. Now we are more divided than ever before. It will take something like another 9/11 for our country to unite again. I will never forget that day those images will never leave my mind.
2022 this song still grabs the heart and takes you back to what you were feeling and doing then. Thank you Alan jackson !!!
You can hear a pin drop while he was singing this song. It was one that was meant to be written.
He told the story, similar to what Vince Gill said in the introduction. That he had to suddenly get up during the middle of the night and write it. He said God Himself wrote it through Alan, that literally all he did was hold the pen.✒💖🎶🎸
20 years tomorrow, very sad for the lives that are gone. Respect from Brazil 🇧🇷
19 years later.... I’m 15 just the the video for the first time and they way America was the next day makes me proud to be an American!🇺🇸🇺🇸❤️🤍💙
Every year I cry, every year I listen to this song and have you forgotten. Anger sadness every emotion fills my heart.
I am from Bulgaria and I love American music. My girlfriend is American. I love Americans and America. I love country
this song makes me cry every time I hear it.
This song makes me cry everytime I 👂 it
Kim Waddell me too!! Listening to this this morning with tears running down my face.
If you DON'T tear up at this song, there is truly something wrong with you.
2021 listening to this song and my heart still hurts for all the people lost on 9-11
My uncle has a friend that was a firefighter at the fire. God please help this cruel world
Did he survive? My dads friend was also a firefighter but wasn’t there on 9/11
my favorite singer
Perhaps the most polarizing country music song in history. By the Great Alan Jackson
Some of the most inspired lyrics I have ever heard. It covered so many American's experience. Gifted man. and a gift to us.
Class , Southern Gentleman , kind and handsome, I love you Mr Alan Jackson
I talked to Jesus that day 20 years later and still do. Thank God for Love ❤️
Listening in 2023.. was watching the night he played it. Tears in my eyes.. Thinking of those lost and their families. Our responders etc. .I am proud Army Vet.. Thank you Alan..we needed this song
This is such a beautiful song
I'm an old women and carry that day in my heart.
very beautiful and sad
Never forget 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🥺🥺🥺🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I wasn’t even born for 9/11 but this still hurts
Same here
It was a sad day
I was 18, and was a Junior In High school, now I am 37. Time flies. 19 years ago now!
Same.
16 years later, i still have a hard time comprehending everything i saw then. this song makes me weep to this day. my hear will forever break for those we lost and their families. as well as those we have lost in the war on terror since. god bless them all!
Richard A. Prunty
Battalion Chief
Fire Department of New York
New York
Age: 57
Year of Death: 2001
Family..
We will never forget
I am so incredibly sorry for your loss, and thankful for his service. God bless you and your family. 🇺🇸🙏 Yes, #neverforget
I’m sorry sorry for your loss. I can’t say anything but death sucks
that is a good song and i remember that day
I couldn’t imagine hearing that song live for the first time. I lose it watching it now! 🙏🏻😢🇺🇸
never forget #911
imagine having every word of this song come out of your mouth in the shower on 9-11 and then being there when this song was played live for the first time...that's what happened to me....
Almost 20 years later. So sad but beautiful.
I just love your music me. Jackson, and it's truly soothing I listened to all your music GOSPEL, country, you are one by far has great talent I truly wish you will the best is yet to come love you Mr. Allen Jackson keep the good work up❤️❤️❤️
I was four years old when 9/11 and I still remember where I was that day I was at the doctors office with my mom who was pregnant with my little brother and that day was hard but three days later god blessed me with my little brother and my focus changed
thank you alan Jackson my brother my he rest in peace allan tarasiewicz of rescue -5 F.D.N.Y. and all of the Heroes who lost their lives savings others ALL GAVE AND SOME GAVE ALL FROM YOUR BROTHER MARK
I am so incredibly sorry for your loss. 😔💔I deeply thank him for his service...what an incredible hero. 🙏🇺🇸
What a singer, song writer, MAN! Bless you, Alan Jackson. 11.13.2019
If we learn nothing else from this tragedy, we learn that life is short and there is no time for hate.
I will never forget where I was. I watched as people jumped from 74 floors rather than being burned alive.
Alan became a legend after this performance
A simple song healed our nation and reminded us to not take anyone and everything for granted. Only in country music will hear a song such as this
I was 33 years old when the 9/11 attacks happened. Seeing all the chaos, all the frightened people, and all the death and destruction, was a total nightmare. Nowadays, our country is being attacked again, but in a different way. The old-fashioned values that so many of us have held dear for so long are under serious attack. As a conservative Christian woman, this just rubs me the wrong way! Never in all of my 51- almost 52 years - have I seen America in such a mess!I I love this country. I was born and raised in this country. And I am sick of what's been going on for the past several years! This is not the America that I and many others grew up in. I want my country back!
This heartfelt song by Alan Jackson just speaks volumes about what so many of us felt on 9/11. I wish this song was back on the radio. It's a song that people definitely need to hear more often these days.
5 chords of truth and unity
This song made me swell with pride. This song made me proud to be an American after 9/11, but it really made me think of others and what they were dealing with.
This Song Will Alway's Be Remembered. (y)
I was cutting wood in my backyard with my dad. My wife told us what happened. I love you very much and miss ya old man. Think of you all the time. RIP. Love ya your son.
Great song! For Alan Jackson to right this song was a good thing! Made people think! RIP on 9/11 to all those who lost there lives on that day! We will never forget!
I was in 3rd grade history and the principle came over the intercom and told every teacher to turn on the news.... then he said a prayer... remember it like it was yesterday!!!
20 years on RIP to every soul that lost there lives ❤️
what tune so strong of a meaning
I will never forget that day, those taken and this song.
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I remember when I first heard this song randomly on the radio and within the opening question, "Where were you when the world stopped turning that September day?", I knew immediately what he was talking about. Those of us who are old enough to have witnessed it (I was 13 in 2001) will always remember.
my favourite singer every time you sing u really touched my heart and soul... God bless you Mr Alan Jackson
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He my greatest singer since i was young.sweet voice guiter sounds profeesional
Alan Jackson The best country, Brazil love you
Outstanding song that means a lot........... Never Forget, America.
MR ALAN JACKSON, YOUR VOICE IS SUAVE AND BEAUTIFUL
the people who disliked this song must be heartless he is sing about something that affect our world and lives.
Sept 10th, 2020 Eve Anniversary of 9/11. God Bless the souls and families affected by this tragic event.
May God Bless America and May God soften the Hearts of those who would do evil to others.
Faith, Hope and Love are some good things He gave us...
and, the greatest is Love.
The greatest is Love.
The greatest is Love.
I watched this Live on the CMAs that night and cried throughout the entire song. And I still cry today and am not ashamed.
In the new world of covid-19, we seem to have forgotten his message of love, caring for one another , reflecting on all we still have and banding together. Such a shame that more do not listen to this song and realize we are stronger helping each other through anything that comes.
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Great song by him. LOVE HIM.
Still listening on this day in 2020 😢
Have been playing this song all day. I have shared it with a lot of friends so that we could remember together least we ever forget. Thank you Alan for such a heartfelt song.
A great song, heartfelt, I was on Holiday in Majorca, in a supermarket, a man heard my husband an I speakin English, came up to us a told us the twin towers have fallen, we rushed to our hotel an watched CNN for two days, holiday over, shocked to numbness, no words in the dictionary for the this shock. Thank God for Alan Jackson, this song made sense out of catastrophe, this is my only memory of that holiday, the rest long forgotten. I'm writing this today, cause not one thing has got better, no lessons learned, the world we live in has no conception of grace, peace, forgiveness. May God forgive us for what we do. An that's a Hail Mary right there. 🙏🍀
Yeah, this song just plain stopped me in my tracks..........it still brings tears........I am so glad that our strong nation survived this horrible attack
This song make me feel proud. 🇺🇸.
I remember watching this performance . I had been in lockdown in school cause of how the prisoners were acting. I’ll never forget that it was my foster parents daughter in law that picked me upped that day. His song made me cry cause I let out all the emotions that I was feeling that day .
I was at school, grade one, but i remember coming home and seeing the towers on the tv. I asked my mom what happened and she ran into the living room, tears in her eyes, turned the tv off and sent me outside saying she'll explain later. I was in highschool when i realized what that random, burned into my brain, memory was.
Won't ever forget. Alan Jackson summed up what people who witnessed this horrific attack might have felt
Such a country genius. Thank you Mr. Alan Jackson
i,m just a singer of simple songs - but what a powerful song - the sincerity and emotion he delivers in his voice can not be matched - resonates to this day - 16 years later after 9.11.2001