Twenty miles from Manhattan, the small town of Summit, New Jersey carries a wound that reshaped its identity — several of its residents left for work on the morning of September 11, 2001, and never returned. In the years since, Summit has wrestled with a question that echoes across human history: how does a community continue to live in a place marked by irreversible loss? Its answer has been neither to erase nor to be consumed, but to weave remembrance into the rhythm of ordinary life, finding that grief, held honestly and collectively, can itself become a form of strength.
Summit, N.J. Remembers: How One Town Healed After 9/11 Losses
Multiple residents of Summit, New Jersey were killed in the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center.