09/11/2026
Never forgotten, always grateful for courageous and brave souls 💙❤️🇺🇸
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From Coach RRA diaries:
In 2001, I was 15 years old. This impacted more than I have shared and could comprehend at the time.
I was new to this country and felt the need to serve and help. I was enrolled at 17 but didn’t get permission.
It has been 27 years I have lived in this country.
25 since 9/11. I always wanted to be in the military with the same vision and heart of many first responders that don’t get to come home any longer.
My life had a different direction and I didn’t end up serving, I will always wish I would have.
My heart calls for it.
My purpose became to coach, to teach and serve my community and be near my family.
I am forever thankful to my family and their sacrificies for allowing me and my siblings the opportunities we couldn’t even dream off or actually dreamt one day.
I am forever thankful to this country and always humbled and grateful by the first responders and brave souls on this day and everyday.
Thank you🙏🏽❤️💙🇺🇸
Stay Strong,
DRS Strong
-Coach RRA
#911