{"id":6745,"date":"2026-05-17T21:02:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T21:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.pbs.org\/national-memorial-day-concert\/?page_id=6745"},"modified":"2026-05-17T21:02:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T21:02:57","slug":"patricia-horoho-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/national-memorial-day-concert\/concert\/featured-stories\/patricia-horoho-story\/","title":{"rendered":"PATRICIA HOROHO&#8217;S STORY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div  class=\" wp-block-pbs-blocks-row no-image\">\n\n            \n    <div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-col no-image has-parallax has-aspect-ratio\" >\n        <div class=\"content\">\n\n                            \n<div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-media-card has-video\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/national-memorial-day-concert\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/13_Jack-Moran-720x480.jpg');\">\n        \n                    <div class=\"responsive_embed\">\n                <div class=\"responsive_embed_inner\">\n                                        <iframe id=\"video_6895\"\n                    width=\"100%\"\n                    allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen\n                            frameborder=\"0\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/player.pbs.org\/partnerplayer\/ThTR25StDboFK5pbdTFTUw==\/?start=0&amp;end=0&amp;topbar=false&amp;autoplay=false&amp;muted=false&amp;endscreen=true\">\n                    <\/iframe>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                \n        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-col no-image has-aspect-ratio has-blue-background-color\" style=\"background-color:#1c2838;\">\n        <div class=\"content\">\n\n                            \n<div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-content has-pdt-60 has-pdb-60 has-pdl-60 has-pdr-60\">\n    <div class=\"content\">\n                \n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-gold-color has-text-color\"><strong><strong>9\/11 &#8211; 25 YEARS LATER<\/strong><\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-gold-color has-text-color\">LIEUTENANT GENERAL PATRICIA D. HOROHO (RET.)<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div style=\"background-color:#e1e7ec;\" class=\" wp-block-pbs-blocks-row no-image has-light-gray-background-color\">\n\n            \n    <div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-col no-image has-background-center-position\" >\n        <div class=\"content\">\n\n                            \n<div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-content has-pdt-90 has-pdb-90 has-pdl-60 has-pdr-60\">\n    <div class=\"content\">\n                \n\n<p>On 9\/11, Lt. General Patricia D. Horoho was headed to a meeting when she watched on television as Flight 175 hit the World Trade Center. Minutes later, she was standing in her office just 100 yards from where Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Horoho was the second person to arrive at the crash site. In the chaos, she emerged as the experienced leader. Horoho cut clothes from burn victims, helped load helicopters for severely injured and was key in identifying the best evacuation paths for the wounded.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ten years later, LTG (Ret) Patty Horoho reached the pinnacle of her military career when she was appointed the first female nurse, non-physician Surgeon General and Commander of the U.S. Army Medical Command.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After retiring from military service in 2016, LTG Horoho founded the non-profit 2Serve Together, with a mission to serve, recognize, and connect veteran and active servicewomen.<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-col has-image has-background-size-small has-background-center-position\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/staging.pbs.org\/national-memorial-day-concert\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/patty-screengrab-scaled.png');\">\n        <div class=\"content\">\n\n                            \n\n<p class=\"has-huge-font-size\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-huge-font-size\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-huge-font-size\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-huge-font-size\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-huge-font-size\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-huge-font-size\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-huge-font-size\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-huge-font-size\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-huge-font-size\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-huge-font-size\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-huge-font-size\"><\/p>\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class=\" wp-block-pbs-blocks-row no-image\">\n\n            \n    <div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-col has-image has-background-size-large has-background-center-position\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/staging.pbs.org\/national-memorial-day-concert\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PATTY-Interview-Still-scaled.png');\">\n        <div class=\"content\">\n\n                            \n<div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-content\">\n    <div class=\"content\">\n                \n\n<p style=\"font-size:1px\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:1px\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:1px\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:1px\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:1px\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:1px\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:1px\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:1px\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:1px\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:1px\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:1px\">.<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-col no-image has-dark-gold-background-color\" style=\"background-color:#91816d;\">\n        <div class=\"content\">\n\n                            \n<div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-content has-pdt-60 has-pdb-60 has-pdl-60 has-pdr-60\">\n    <div class=\"content\">\n                \n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><span class=\"tadv-color\" style=\"color:#ffffff\"><em>\u201cFor those of us who lived it, 9\/11 is not a story we read in a book. It is a day we will carry forever. My hope, my mission, is that every American, no matter their age, will carry it too \u2014not out of fear or anger, but out of love, gratitude, and a shared commitment to one another and to this great nation.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c61434ae58f0c4385c48042128a071a6\"><em>-Patricia Horoho<\/em><span class=\"tadv-color\" style=\"color:#ffffff\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div style=\"background-color:#6D5F4F;\" class=\" wp-block-pbs-blocks-row no-image has-darker-brown-background-color\">\n\n            \n    <div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-col no-image has-blue-background-color\" style=\"background-color:#1c2838;\">\n        <div class=\"content\">\n\n                            \n<div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-content has-pdt-60 has-pdb-60 has-pdl-60 has-pdr-60\">\n    <div class=\"content\">\n                \n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-huge-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/national-memorial-day-concert\/concert\/featured-stories\/\">Return to 2026 Featured Stories<\/a><\/h3>\n\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"parent":6174,"menu_order":90,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6745","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PATRICIA HOROHO&#039;S STORY - National Memorial Day Concert - PBS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Gold Star families forever carry the pain of having lost their loved ones. 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