Sep 9, 2026 · 11 min · 8 segments
Joe Concha shares his deeply personal memories of September 11, 2001—from walking through Manhattan as the attacks unfolded, seeing the World Trade Center burning from Fifth Avenue, and evacuating the…
Joe ConchaGuest
Sid RosenbergHost
Michael CohenHost
John CatsimatidisGuest
And she married a friend of mine that I actually did a high school TV show with on community access television.
And when I went to the funeral and I saw Courtney, again, this person I've known my whole life, she's pregnant.
And now I think 25 years later that that baby is now grown up as a 25-year-old person, an adult probably working in the real world.
Like the people that were obviously left behind, especially in this case, a young couple.
I think it would be smart on the president's part or any president's part to make September 11th a federal holiday.
And I think it should be because you talk about a day that impacted so many Americans.
And she married a friend of mine that I actually did a high school TV show with on community access television.
And when I went to the funeral and I saw Courtney, again, this person I've known my whole life, she's pregnant.
And now I think 25 years later that that baby is now grown up as a 25-year-old person, an adult probably working in the real world.
Like the people that were obviously left behind, especially in this case, a young couple.
I think it would be smart on the president's part or any president's part to make September 11th a federal holiday.
And I think it should be because you talk about a day that impacted so many Americans.
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