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Mets, Braves recall emotional post-9/11 game
- Updated: September 11, 2016
ATLANTA — As the Braves and Mets stood along the first- and third-base lines amid the sounds of bagpipes and a 21-gun salute before Sunday afternoon’s game at Turner Field, it became easier to reminisce about what transpired at Shea Stadium on Sept. 21, 2001, when these same sounds were heard by these same teams ahead of the first professional sporting event in New York City following the 9/11 attacks.
“Obviously, I didn’t understand the magnitude of what was going on really,” said Braves Dansby Swanson, who was in second grade when the attacks occurred. “But it’s still pretty chilling when you think about witnessing something like that and the lasting impact it still has on everyone today.”
“Never forget” is a phrase that has often been used in discussions regarding the attacks that brought down the World Trade …
