Good morning, everyone. This is Jessica Bradley Rushing, and today is the 25th anniversary of 9/11. Throughout the day, I know we're going to see so many reflections about what happened on this day 25 years ago, and what has happened both here and around the world in the 25 years since, as well we should. For me, though, this day is really sort of a personal pivot point in my life, and so when I look back, I do that through the lens of how my life changed completely. There's a very clear demarcation line for me of before 9/11 and since 9/11. I was 22 years old. I was a brand new college graduate. I had graduated from BU in May of that year, and I was in the second day of my fancy new job straight out of college at a PR firm in downtown Boston. I was standing in the media center at the firm with my colleagues, watching the coverage when we saw the second plane fly into the second tower live. And even at 22 years old, I knew what that meant, and I knew that nothing would be the same. I evacuated downtown Boston with my colleagues, 1000s of other people, walked through the city, tried to get on a commuter rail at South Station, but there were 1000s of other people trying to do the same thing. So I got on the red line. I went to my aunt's house in Dorchester, and I spent the day there watching the news coverage until my dad could come pick me up that night. Within a few weeks, I was talking to recruiters, and on december 7 of 2001, I enlisted in the Army Reserve as a direct result of what had happened on 911. And pretty much everything that I have done in my life since then has been shaped by that single decision. I met my husband in the Army. We had four kids. We have built this kind of crazy, incredible life that I'm so grateful to get to live, and all of that is a result of the decision to enlist that day. Pretty much every job I've had since then has been related to, or because of, or connected in some way to my service, and so for me, this is a really personal trajectory shift in my life. Looking back, I can remember that day so vividly. Every every scene and every emotion is really etched in my mind, and I think it is for so many other people who who remember where they were and what they did and what it looked like that day. So today, on the 25th anniversary, I would ask you to join me in remembering the 1000s of lives that were lost that day, the 1000s of acts of heroism that saved other people's lives, which I will forever be in awe of, and the 1000s and millions of lives that have been changed by the decisions we've made as a country and around the world since, I will also be remembering this day in a personal way, as the trajectory shift that changed my whole life. But today, on the 25th anniversary of 9/11, I hope you will join me in marking this anniversary, remembering the many people whose lives were changed, and honoring their memories.