The attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and in a field in Pennsylvania left an indelible mark on America’s psyche 24 years ago.

Nearly everyone over elementary-school-age then has some sort of memory of where they were when they learned America was under attack on Sept 11, 2001.

About the exhibit • Public viewings are Sept. 6 – 7 and Sept. 13 – 14 [Saturdays and Sundays only] at the McSwain House, 27451 Old 41, Bonita Springs.

The 9/11 attacks were also a call to action with multitudes of young and middle-age men and women rushing to join the United States military or to become police officers or firefighters.

A 60-something-year-old new Southwest Floridian was too old to re-enlist, so he rushed to Ground Zero. The toppled towers had been keenly familiar to Jerry Sanford.

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