By Amanda Moses
For the past 22 years, on September 11th, the nation solemnly remembers the 2,983 men and women who killed during the 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and aboard Flight 93 (as well as those lost during the World Trade Center bombing on February 26, 1993).
Starting at 8 a.m., the 9/11 Memorial and Museum held their annual commemoration through which victims’ families (from both the 2001 and 1993 attacks) took turns reading out the names of those who perished on that day. Elected officials such as; United States Vice President Kamala Harris, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul, New York State Senator Chuck Schumer, New York City Mayor Eric Adams, former New York City Mayors Bill de Blasio, Michael Bloomberg, and Rudy Giuliani, and other dignitaries listened and bowed their heads in respect.
The proceedings were punctuated with six moments of silence throughout the ceremony where attendees took a quiet pause as a bell rung, marking the moments when the World Trade Center Towers were struck and fell, the attack on the Pentagon, and when Flight 93 crashed. For the first pause, houses of worship throughout the city were asked to also ring their bells at 8:46 a.m.
Additionally, members of the Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY), New York City Police Department (NYPD), and the Port Authority Police Department (PAPD) joined as members of the honor guard.
Throughout the remembrance, families and friends placed flowers, pictures, and wreaths next to the names of their loved ones inscribed on the memorial pools.
Photos by Amanda Moses
