‘They Can Just Do That?!’ Fox’s Harris Faulkner Floored to Learn a Mother Was Asked If She Wanted to Change Birthdate of Daughter Born on 9/11/01

Fox News host Harris Faulkner was left stunned Thursday after learning that the mother of twins born on September 11, 2001, was asked whether she wanted their birthdate changed to avoid forever linking them to the terror attacks.

The remarkable revelation came during the Fox Nation special Born on 9/11: 25 Years with Harris Faulkner, which follows Americans born on the day nearly 3,000 people were killed in the attacks on New York, Washington, and Pennsylvania.

Among them was CrossFit athlete and coach Brianna Carter, who was born alongside her twin when the attacks unfolded.

Faulkner asked Carter how her parents had approached celebrating their children’s birthday given its place in American history.

“Actually, I guess the biggest piece was that when we were born, the doctors actually asked my mom if they wanted to change the date,” Carter replied.

“On your birth certificate?” Faulkner asked incredulously.

“Yeah,” Carter said.

“I’ve never heard of that. They can just do that?” Faulkner responded, clearly shocked.

Carter said her mother was offered the opportunity to record the twins as having been born either September 10 or September 12, an offer she immediately rejected.

“Somebody asked her, and asked if we wanted to change the date to the day before or day after. My mom said, no, absolutely not. She said, these are my two rays of sunshine on a dark day,” Carter recalled.

That phrase subsequently became part of the family’s story, with local media returning to interview Carter’s mother on anniversaries of the attacks.

Carter said that, as a child, she was reluctant to celebrate on September 11 because she did not want her birthday to compete with the enormity of what the date represented.

“Growing up, I didn’t really like to talk about my birthday or celebrate it because I never wanted it to be about us. It wasn’t about us because of the loss and the tragedy that happened,” she said, explaining that she instead preferred celebrating the following day.

Now approaching the 25th anniversary of the attacks, Carter said her mother’s perspective had changed how she viewed the unusual coincidence of her birth.

“Now that I’ve gotten older, I think my mom’s really shown that it’s OK to want to be that bright light,” she added. “And I think, especially in the world we live in today, it’s so important to be a bright light.”

Watch above via Fox News.

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