If attaching a video or photo, terms of use apply.An American flag is seen in the plaque of names on the edge of the South Pool of the 9/11 Memorial in New York, Sept. Have a breaking news tip or an idea for a story we should cover? Send it to Eyewitness News using the form below. * Follow us on YouTube Submit a tip or story idea to Eyewitness News
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* Download the abc7NY app for breaking news alerts FDNY fatalities from post-9/11 illnesses set to surpass September 11 death toll.Reporter Joe Torres and photographer Glenn Mayrose credit divine intervention for survival on 9/11.Anthony Johnson keeps clothes caked in World Trade Center dust.NewsCopter7 reporter John Del Giorno recounts capturing 9/11 chaos from the air.Burkett and his photographer escaped Twin Towers collapse Bill Ritter reflects on 9/11: Divided US needs unity, healing.
Eyewitness to 9/11: Behind the Lens' reveals untold stories, rare video of America's darkest day.More Coverage of the September 11 attacks On a clear night, installation can also be viewed from a 60-mile radius around Lower Manhattan. The Tribute in Light, with its beams of light shining into the night sky, returned as a tribute to all those who were killed on September 11, 2001.Īlthough a very foggy night, the Light was still visible emerging from the World Trade Center site.Īssembled on the roof of the Battery Parking Garage south of the 9/11 Memorial, the twin beams reach up to four miles into the sky and are comprised of eighty-eight 7,000-watt xenon lightbulbs positioned into two 48-foot squares, echoing the shape and orientation of the Twin Towers. NYC 9/11 ceremony comes to a close The Tribute in Light A few readers note recent events, this year ranging from the still ongoing coronavirus pandemic to Russia's war in Ukraine. 11 - grief, anger, toughness, appreciation for first responders and the military, appeals to patriotism, hopes for peace, occasional political barbs, and a poignant accounting of the graduations, weddings, births and daily lives that victims have missed. Readers often add personal remarks that form an alloy of American sentiments about Sept. And I know you are watching over me," he said after reading a portion of the victims' names. But the boy took the podium to honor him. Like a growing number of those who read names at ground zero, firefighter Jimmy Riches' namesake nephew wasn't born yet when his relative died. "No matter how many years have passed, nobody can actually comprehend that what happened that very day," she added. It seems like just yesterday," Mentis said. "It's been 21 years, but it's not 21 years for us. The commemoration was for family members of the victims, who were once again invited to participate in this year's reading of the names.īonita Mentis set out to read victims' names at the ground zero ceremony wearing a necklace with a photo of her slain sister, Shevonne Mentis, a 25-year-old Guyanese immigrant who worked for a financial firm.
Vice President Kamala Harris and husband Doug Emhoff joined current New York City Mayor Eric Adams and former Mayor Michael Bloomberg, but by tradition, no political figures speak at the ground zero ceremony. The National September 11 Memorial & Museum hosted its annual commemoration ceremony to honor the 2,983 men, women, and children killed in the 2001 attacks at the World Trade Center site, the Pentagon, aboard Flight 93, and those killed in the February 26, 1993, World Trade Center bombing. NEW YORK (WABC) - Americans remembered 9/11 with tear-choked tributes and pleas to "never forget" 21 years after the deadliest terror attack on U.S.
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