The 9/11 Memorial You May Not Know About, Just Outside Jerusalem

September 11, 2026

Lee Webb (Archive 9/11/01 footage): “A passenger jet has apparently crashed into the World Trade Center in downtown New York. As you can see, smoke is pouring from the upper floors of this building.”

Pat Robertson (Archive 9/11/01 footage): “Clearly terrorism, clearly hijacked. There’s no way it could have happened otherwise. That’s what we said at the beginning. It couldn’t have possibly happened any other way. It’s just a monstrous act. It’s an act of terrorism. There’s no question about it.” 

America promised to never forget.

On September 11, 2001, Al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four passenger jets in a coordinated attack on the United States. Nearly 3,000 people were murdered on 9-11. The world watched in horror as the attacks unfolded live on television. More than 1,000 memorials worldwide honor those who died on 9-11. But this one in Israel stands alone. It’s the only memorial outside the United States to bear every victim’s name. I’m standing at the 9-11 Living Memorial Plaza outside of Jerusalem.

Among the nearly 3,000 people murdered on 9-11 were five Israelis. One was Daniel Lewin, a 31-year-old Israeli-American, husband, father of two, tech pioneer, and former officer in an elite IDF unit. Investigators believe that when terrorists tried to seize American Airlines Flight 11, Daniel tried to intervene. One of the hijackers stabbed him from behind. Daniel is remembered as the first known victim of 9-11 and the first passenger to fight back.

9-11 marked one of America’s darkest days. In the weeks that followed, grief pulled us together. We honored the victims, we celebrated the heroes, and we stood united in defending the freedoms and values the terrorists tried to destroy.

Now, that unity feels fragile. The threat of radical Islamist extremism should be undeniable. Yet the ideology that drove the hijackers of 9-11 finds defenders in parts of America. Just look at our college campuses now. 25 years ago, few could have imagined Americans embracing a worldview so hostile to the freedoms and moral foundations that envision our country to be a city on a hill.

We hold these truths to be self-evident. That all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Defending our Judeo-Christian values demands clarity, courage, along with cultural and spiritual action.

Paul writes in 2 Corinthians 10:4.

On the 25th anniversary of 9-11, remember the lives lost. Honor heroes like Daniel Lewin and pray for America’s future.
God bless you and God bless America from Jerusalem.