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LOOK: NFL players remember 9/11 on
social media before Sunday's gamesDozens of NFL players used social media to pay their respect to those lost on 9/11
by @johnbreech Sep 11, 2016 • 1 min readJohn Breech H
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As NFL players around the league get ready to play their first regular season
game on Sunday, not all of them are just thinking about football. Many
players across the NFL took to social media on Sunday morning to remember
the 15th anniversary of 9/11.
quarterback was one of the several dozen players
who took time to remember the almost 3,000 people that were lost on Sept.
11, 2001.
Seahawks Russell Wilson
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MVP and several other players, including
cornerback , tweeted out the video below.
Here's a few other tweets from players, including ,
, and .
We will always remember, honor, and love those we lost..15years ago still feels like yesterday. 9/11. #NeverForget11:08 AM - 11 Sep 2016
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Patrick Peterson
#FootballisAmerica10:49 AM - 11 Sep 2016
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Alshon Jeffery James
Harrison Torrey Smith Christian Hackenberg
Today we continue to pray for the families and those we lost. We
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Today we continue to pray for the families and those we lost. Wewill #NeverForget 9/119:05 AM - 11 Sep 2016 · Houston, TX, United States
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In honor of the victims, families & our First Responders,#NeverForget
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James Harrison @jharrison9292
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I feel the same way every 9-11....folks say "Never Forget" but Ihonestly don't know how you could10:47 AM - 11 Sep 2016
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Torrey Smith @TorreySmithWR
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Honored. Thankful. Proud. #NeverForget10:47 AM - 11 Sep 2016
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Christian Hackenberg @chackenberg1
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15 years but we will never forget 9/11/01. #NeverForget
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Whitney Mercilus @Merci380
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For some players, like punter , Twitter didn't offer enough
room to remember 9/11, so he took to Instagram.
It's been 15 years since we saw first hand how America responds in a time ofnational crisis.. 1st responders sprinted into harms way in hopes of saving lives..Young men and women across the country couldn't sign up for the military fastenough.. The heroes who were already enlisted, were eager to put boots on theground in hostile land to bring some sort of vengeance to whoever attacked us..Every citizen of our county had a sense of pride and unity for America.. Everybodywas all in for one thing, eachother... 9/11 was an absolutely horrible day, we lost a lotof amazing Americans on that day and in the years that would come, we went to awar that still has yet to be finished.. I was 14 years old, and in the middle of all thatnegativity, what 9/11 did for me, was prove without a doubt, that America is thegreatest country on earth.. Everybody had everybody's back.. Neighbor's who nevertalked to us came out and chatted.. Foes became friends.. We all FINALLY realizedthat we had something very obvious in common.. We're all in this together.. We werethen.. And we are now.. It was a beautiful response, to an ugly act.. That's what I'll#NeverForget.. Today, just like everyday, I thank the heroic men and women of ourmilitary and our real life superhero first responders.. Without you all, I understandthat life would be much much different.. Cheers #America
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wide receiver also used Instagram to reflect on 9/11.
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Giants Victor Cruz
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Never Forget. 9/11 #15years
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The NFL will be on 9/11 during a pregame
ceremony at all 13 games on Sunday. One of those games sites is in New
York, where the will be hosting the . The Bengals actually visited
Ground Zero on Saturday before their game with the Jets. Here's Andy
Dalton laying a bouquet of flowers at the Memorial pool.
Before that game, the Jets will be wearing 9/11 t-shirts. The team will also be
wearing hats that feature the NYPD, FDNY and Port Authority logos.
honoring the memory of those lost
Jets Bengals
Here's video of #Bengals QB Andy Dalton laying a bouquet at
the memorial pool where t/ South Tower was. #NeverForget
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Pregame tees. Sideline hats. #NeverForget #CINvsNYJ
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