# Two uniforms, one deadly morning: How a firefighter and former soldier reflects on 9/11

https://mins.news/en/item/55606

- CBC News, 2026-09-12 08:00 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/911-firefighter-canada-soldier-afghan-war-trauma-9.7341171?cmp=rss

> Twenty-five years after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, Shawn Matheson reflects on seeing the tragedy through two lenses: as a firefighter in Mississauga, Ont., and a Canadian reservist. It led him to funerals at Ground Zero, foreshadowed the war in Afghanistan and exposed the enduring emotional toll on soldiers and first responders.

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