9/11 Speaking Engagements and Presentations

The following is a list of 9/11 speaking engagements that I have presented over the years. I just started this list, and I will be adding to it over time as I gather all of the different public and private groups to whom I have spoken since 9/11/01.

2002

3rd Grade Class, Loveland, CO, September 2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

Rotary Club of Pasadena, Pasadena, TX, September 14, 2007

St. John’s Middle School, Houston, TX

2011

Westridge Middle School, Austin, TX, August 2011

Westbury Christian School, Houston, TX, September 8, 2011

2014

Eagle Trace Retirement Community, Houston, TX, April 10, 2014

2016

Briar Club of Houston, Houston, TX, September 8, 2016

Presbyterian School, 8th Grade, Houston, TX, September 14, 2016

First Presbyterian Church Sunday School Class, Houston, TX, November 2016

2017

Ladies Luncheon at River Oaks Country Club, Houston, TX, September 14, 2017

2018

Galveston County Rotary, League City, TX, February 22, 2018 (weblink)

Incarnate Word Academy, Houston, TX, February 27, 2018

Rotary of West University Place, Pico’s Restaurant, Houston, TX, September 6, 2018 (weblink)

St. Anne’s Church, Houston, TX, September 9, 2018 (Twitter link) (Facebook link) (youtube link)

Cadence Bank Advisory Board, Williams Tower, Houston, TX, September 11, 2018

2019

SIOR Houston/Gulf Coast Chapter, Houston Country Club, Houston, TX, September 10, 2019

Kiwanis Club of Houston, Forest Club, Houston, TX, November 14, 2019 (weblink)

2020

Tejas Breakfast Club, River Oaks Country Club, Houston, TX, January 16, 2020

2021

City of Southside Place Fire Department, Southside Place, TX, June 14, 2021

South Main Baptist Church, Houston, TX, August 23, 2021

Houston City Breakfast Club, September 9, 2021

Knoxville, TN’s WVLT with Morning Anchor, Harry Sullivan, via Zoom, September 9, 2021 (weblink)

VIDEO: KHOU-11, “20 years after 9/11, Bellaire businessman recounts escaping World Trade Center,” Houston, TX, September 10, 2021 [VIDEO]

VIDEO: WVLT-8, Knoxville, TN, September 10, 2021 [VIDEO]

Lone Star Flight Museum, September 10, 2021

AUDIO: Houston Public Media, Town Square with Ernie Manouse, “‘I Was At The Top Of That Rollercoaster About To Go Over,’ 9/11 Survivor Recalls Attack 20 Years Later,” Houston, TX, September 10, 2025 [AUDIO]

Rotary Club of Houston, Houston Police Officer’s Memorial, Memorial Drive, Houston, TX September 11, 2021

Lone Star Flight Museum, Ellington Field, Houston, TX, September 11, 2021 (weblink)

2022

Houston Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI, Christie’s Seafood Restaurant, Houston, TX, September 13, 2022

Houston Methodist Hospital Foundation, Houston, TX, September 16, 2023

Young Men’s Service League (YMSL), Houston, TX, October 23, 2023

2023

Tuesday Morning Breakfast Club, River Oaks Country Club, February 28, 2023

The Buckingham Senior Living Community, Houston, TX, July 14, 2023

Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, San Antonio, TX, September 5, 2023

VIDEO: KPRC-2, “On the 85th Floor of Tower One When Terror Struck,” September 11, 2023 [VIDEO]

Kinkaid Football Teams, The Kinkaid School, Houston, TX, October 2, 2023

St. Cecilia’s Catholic Women’s Club, St. Cecilia’s Church, Houston, TX, October 5, 2023

Phi Delta Theta Alumni Club of Houston, Houston Racquet Club, Houston, TX, October 19, 2023

St. Anne’s Women’s Guild, St. Anne’s Catholic Church, Houston, TX, November 8, 2023

Sons of the American Revolution, Pico’s Restaurant, Kingwood, TX, November 18, 2023

2024

The Briar Club of Houston, Houston, TX, June 6, 2024

Deer Park Chamber of Commerce First Responders Luncheon, Deer Park, TX, June 11, 2024

City of Southside Place Centennial Open House, Southside Place, TX, September 8, 2024

River Oaks Wednesday Morning Group, River Oaks Country Club, Houston, TX, September 11, 2024

FBI National Academy Associates, Inc. (FBINAA), League City, TX, October 17, 2024

Memorial Women’s Club of Houston, Houston Racquet Club, November 20, 2024

Podcast: Periodico y Cafe, an interview by Gabriel Salinas entitled “Surviving 9/11 (Billy Forney)”, December 14, 2024 [AUDIO]

2025

Podcast: Chuck Yates Needs A Job via Collide.io entitled “My Escape from the North Tower on 9/11,” Houston, TX, January 9, 2025 [VIDEO]

League City Rotary Club, League City, TX, February 20, 2025

Houston Rotary Club, Houston, TX, Tony’s Restaurant, September 11, 2025 [VIDEO]

VIDEO: CW39 H-Town Live with Maggie Flecknoe, “Local 9/11 Survivor shares his story 24 years later,” Houston, TX [VIDEO]

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