Century Records Marks the 25th Anniversary of September 11, 2001, Honoring the Lives Lost and the Courage That Endures
LOS ANGELES, California — Today, Century Records joins people across the United States and around the world in solemn remembrance of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, marking 25 years since a day that forever changed thousands of families, a nation, and the course of history.
Nearly 3,000 people were killed in the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and aboard United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
Twenty-five years later, the magnitude of that loss remains impossible to measure simply by numbers.
Behind every life lost was a person with a family, a story, a future, and people who loved them. They were parents, children, husbands, wives, partners, siblings, friends, colleagues, first responders, service members, and people simply beginning what they believed would be an ordinary Tuesday morning.
Today, Century Records remembers them.
Remembering the Courage of September 11
The story of September 11 is also one of extraordinary courage.
Firefighters, police officers, emergency medical personnel and other first responders entered buildings and dangerous areas while thousands of others were trying desperately to escape. Ordinary citizens helped strangers. Coworkers helped one another evacuate. Passengers and crew members aboard Flight 93 took action after learning what was happening elsewhere.
In the hours and days that followed, communities came together to help those affected by the attacks.
Those acts of courage and humanity remain an enduring part of the history of September 11.
Century Records also recognizes those whose lives continued to be affected long after the attacks, including survivors, first responders, recovery workers, members of the military and families who have carried the loss of loved ones for the past quarter-century.
A Moment Frozen in Time
For millions who lived through September 11, the memories remain remarkably personal.
Many remember where they were when they first heard that an aircraft had struck the World Trade Center. They remember watching television as the events unfolded. They remember calling family members, leaving schools and workplaces, gathering with friends and loved ones, or simply trying to understand something that seemed impossible.
Entire generations can identify where they were at that moment.
For younger generations who were children at the time — or who were not yet born — September 11 is increasingly something encountered through photographs, recordings, documentaries, classrooms and the stories of those who experienced it firsthand.
As the nation reaches the 25th anniversary, preserving those personal stories becomes increasingly important.
History is not only preserved through dates and statistics. It is preserved through people.
Music, Memory and the Stories We Carry
As a record label and creative community, Century Records understands the unique relationship between music and memory.
A song can immediately return someone to another place and another time. It can remind us of people we once knew, experiences we shared, and moments that helped shape our lives.
But on September 11, Century Records believes the most important voices are those of the people who remember.
Today is not about promotion.
It is about remembrance.
It is about honoring those who never returned home.
It is about recognizing the first responders and ordinary citizens who demonstrated extraordinary courage.
And it is about allowing the memories of those who experienced September 11 to be passed to generations who know the day only through history.
Century Records Asks: Where Were You?
On this 25th anniversary, Century Records invites readers to contribute their own memories of September 11, 2001.
Where were you at the moment you first realized what was happening?
Were you at home? At work? In school? Driving? Watching television? Did someone call you?
What is the moment from that day that you still remember 25 years later?
Readers who feel comfortable doing so are invited to share their memories in the comments below.
Those personal accounts — whether only a few sentences or an entire story — help preserve the human history of September 11 for future generations.
25 Years Later, We Remember
A quarter-century has now passed.
Children have grown into adults. Families have welcomed new generations. Cities have changed. The skyline of New York has changed.
But remembrance remains.
On September 11, 2026, Century Records honors every person whose life was taken, every family that continues to carry their memory, every survivor, and every first responder and individual whose courage emerged during one of America's darkest days.
Some moments should never disappear into history.
Some names should never be forgotten.
Some stories should continue to be told.
Twenty-five years later, we remember.
We honor the lives. We honor the families. We honor the courage.
Never forget.
— Century Records
Join the Remembrance
If you remember September 11, 2001, tell us where you were when you first learned what was happening and what you remember most about that day.
Share your story in the comments below.
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