NFL teams commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks

The NFL will commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks throughout this weekend's games. Teams will hold moments of silence, feature commemorative patches, and display "Never Forget" stencils in end zones across league stadiums. As the league marks this milestone, players who were not born or were too young to remember the 2001 events will participate in ceremonies. The transition moves from active remembrance to an emphasis on education regarding the impact of the tragedy. Professional sports institutions, which track lineage and history through retired numbers and archived imagery, continue to preserve these memories as current rosters shift to a new generation of athletes.

• 10:16 AMYahoo Sports — A quarter century after 9/11, we’ve gone from ‘Never Forget’ to ‘Never Let Them Forget’