Twenty-five years after nearly 3,000 lives were taken in a single morning, New York gathered once more at the place where the towers once stood — not to revisit the wound, but to insist it has not been forgotten. At Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan, elected officials and the families of the dead stood together in the ritual that has become part of the city's own rhythm, a ceremony that transforms grief into civic commitment. To remember, year after year, is itself a form of answer to what was lost.
New York Honors 9/11 Victims at 25th Anniversary Ceremony
Nearly 3,000 people were killed in the September 11, 2001 terror attacks at the World Trade Center and other sites.