09/11/2026
On this 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the members of the Burlington Resident Trooper's Office and Burlington Police reflect on the horrors of that day, the uncertainty and new meaning of a black plume of smoke against a clear blue sky, and the months of pins and needles as a nation wondered when the next attack would come and what it would be. 343 firefighters, 60 police officers, 125 members of the US Military, totaling 2977 victims on that day. Since then, deaths from 9/11 illnesses have brought that number to 10,000, with many more still suffering. Connecticut State Troopers Walt Greene and Eugene Kenneth Baron Jr. were among the fallen that responded that day and later succumbed to illness. We will never forget them, or any of those lost that day.
We also remember what it was like in the months that followed as people from all walks of life; rich, poor, black, white, men, and women, stood together as Americans, bound by common legacy and a common flag.