Twenty-five years after four hijacked planes shattered a nation's sense of safety and self, the United States gathered at three sacred sites to honor the nearly 3,000 lives lost on a single September morning in 2001. The anniversary carried a weight that reached beyond the immediate dead, encompassing the thousands more who perished from toxic air officials had long concealed, the wars that reshaped a generation, and the civil liberties quietly surrendered in the name of security. To remember September 11 honestly is to reckon not only with what was taken in a morning, but with what was spent
US marks 25 years since 9/11 with ceremonies honoring 2,977 victims and long-term casualties
2,977 people killed in the attacks; at least 9,400 additional deaths from toxic dust and air exposure; hundreds of firefighters died from illness related to toxic exposure at Ground Zero.