Remembering 9/11: 25 years later

<p><strong> </strong></p> <p>Twenty-five years ago, the Sept. 11 attacks changed the course of history, reshaping commercial aviation and the world far beyond it. A quarter century later, the weight of that tragic day is felt by many just as powerfully as it was then. Flight crews, airline passengers and office workers lost their lives alongside first responders who made the ultimate sacrifice saving others. On this milestone anniversary, Delta is honoring those lives lost by sponsoring <a href="https://www.911day.org/">9/11 Day</a> and joining the nonprofit's national volunteer efforts to pay tribute to the anniversary of Sept. 11 through service. </p><p>“Twenty-five years later, the events of Sept. 11, 2001, are still a vivid and painful memory. What struck me most was the silence. At our headquarters next to the busiest airport in the world, the skies fell empty. It's a silence I will never forget,” said CEO <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/edbastian_twenty-five-years-later-the-events-of-september-activity-7504147151996928001-qRpp">Ed Bastian</a>. "But we carry forward the memory of the lives cut short by serving our communities with the spirit of unity, compassion and resilience that emerged in its aftermath.”</p><p>This is the fourth year Delta has partnered with 9/11 Day and is the largest single day of volunteerism in Delta’s history. Fifteen hundred Delta people and customers across 40 cities worked together to assemble meals for Americans facing hunger through Feeding America food banks while standing with communities still shaped by the events of Sept. 11.</p> <div class="media media--type-slideshow-embed media--view-mode-slideshow-images-only" data-component-id="radix:media"> <div class="photoswipe-gallery field field--name-field-slide-collection field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <a href="https://news.delta.com/sites/default/files/2026-09/dal_911_nyc_091026_390.jpg" class="photoswipe" data-pswp-width="3600" data-pswp-height="2401" data-overlay-title> <img loading="lazy" src="https://news.delta.com/sites/default/files/styles/schema_share_1200x800/public/2026-09/dal_911_nyc_091026_390.jpg?itok=hxuvJMch" width="1200" height="800" alt="Delta volunteers in red shirts, gloves, and hairnets scoop ingredients and assemble" data-component-id="radix:image" class="img-fluid"> </a> </div> <div class="field__item"> <a href="https://news.delta.com/sites/default/files/2026-09/dal_911_nyc_091026_113.jpg" class="photoswipe" data-pswp-width="2401" data-pswp-height="3600" data-overlay-title> <img loading="lazy" src="https://news.delta.com/sites/default/files/styles/schema_share_1200x800/public/2026-09/dal_911_nyc_091026_113.jpg?itok=YhP-OXei" width="1200" height="800" alt="Volunteer in a red Delta in the Community shirt and hairnet applauds during a meal-packing event, with other volunteers and a Unite campaign sign in the background." data-component-id="radix:image" class="img-fluid"> </a> </div> <div class="field__item"> <a href="https://news.delta.com/sites/default/files/2026-09/dal_911_nyc_091026_172.jpg" class="photoswipe" data-pswp-width="2401" data-pswp-height="3600" data-overlay-title> <img loading="lazy" src="https://news.delta.com/sites/default/files/styles/schema_share_1200x800/public/2026-09/dal_911_nyc_091026_172.jpg?itok=toc4Soy_" width="1200" height="800" alt="Two volunteers pose together at a large community service event, surrounded by participants preparing meals while wearing hairnets." data-component-id="radix:image" class="img-fluid"> </a> </div> <div class="field__item"> <a href="https://news.delta.com/sites/default/files/2026-09/dal_911_nyc_091026_508.jpg" class="photoswipe" data-pswp-width="2401" data-pswp-height="3600" data-overlay-title> <img loading="lazy" src="https://news.delta.com/sites/default/files/styles/schema_share_1200x800/public/2026-09/dal_911_nyc_091026_508.jpg?itok=1FyjMZV0" width="1200" height="800" alt="Volunteer in a red Delta in the Community shirt and hairnet carries a Unite for Good meal-packing box during a 9/11 Day service event, with fellow volunteers working in the background." data-component-id="radix:image" class="img-fluid"> </a> </div> <div class="field__item"> <a href="https://news.delta.com/sites/default/files/2026-09/dal_911_nyc_091026_584.jpg" class="photoswipe" data-pswp-width="3600" data-pswp-height="2401" data-overlay-title> <img loading="lazy" src="https://news.delta.com/sites/default/files/styles/schema_share_1200x800/public/2026-09/dal_911_nyc_091026_584.jpg?itok=FqoxWUZD" width="1200" height="800" alt="Delta employees and customers gather for a volunteer event, posing for a group photo while assembling meals in support of 9/11 Day service activities." data-component-id="radix:image" class="img-fluid"> </a> </div> <div class="field__item"> <a href="https://news.delta.com/sites/default/files/2026-09/dal_911_atl_9am_0644.jpg" class="photoswipe" data-pswp-width="3600" data-pswp-height="2400" data-overlay-title> <img loading="lazy" src="https://news.delta.com/sites/default/files/styles/schema_share_1200x800/public/2026-09/dal_911_atl_9am_0644.jpg?itok=6152trrX" width="1200" height="800" alt="Delta employees wearing red "Delta in the Community" shirts and hairnets assemble meal kits during a volunteer service event." data-component-id="radix:image" class="img-fluid"> </a> </div> <div class="field__item"> <a href="https://news.delta.com/sites/default/files/2026-09/dal_911_atl_9am_0866.jpg" class="photoswipe" data-pswp-width="2400" data-pswp-height="3600" data-overlay-title> <img loading="lazy" src="https://news.delta.com/sites/default/files/styles/schema_share_1200x800/public/2026-09/dal_911_atl_9am_0866.jpg?itok=wU-Vucjh" width="1200" height="800" alt="Delta employee wearing a hairnet carries a "Unite for Good" meal kit box at a 9/11 Day volunteer event." data-component-id="radix:image" class="img-fluid"> </a> </div> <div class="field__item"> <a href="https://news.delta.com/sites/default/files/2026-09/dal_911_atl_9am_0885.jpg" class="photoswipe" data-pswp-width="2400" data-pswp-height="3600" data-overlay-title> <img loading="lazy" src="https://news.delta.com/sites/default/files/styles/schema_share_1200x800/public/2026-09/dal_911_atl_9am_0885.jpg?itok=AKey3OSn" width="1200" height="800" alt="Large group of Delta volunteers in red “Delta in the Community” shirts pose for a photo on Peach Bowl Field during a community service event." data-component-id="radix:image" class="img-fluid"> </a> </div> </div> </div> — Company newsroom — sourced from Delta Air Lines. 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