September 11, 2001

Patriot Day is September 11 of each year in memory of the 2,993 people killed in the 9/11 attacks.

The bill to make 9/11 a holiday was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on October 25, 2001. The bill was introduced by Vito Fossella with 22 cosponsors (11 from each of the two main political parties). It passed 407-0. The Senate passed the bill on November 30, 2001 unanimously.

Public Law No. 107-89 was signed by President George W. Bush on December 18, 2001 creating a national day of remembrance.

We have included on this page a few photos taken on September 11, 2001. This is the reason for Patriot Day and we should never forget.

Changes we made: Before placing these 9/11 photos on this page we trimmed the rough edges of the original slides then reduced the size of the images so they would fit. No other changes have been made to the original photographs.