Jersey City Remembers 9/11 Victims: Empty Sky Memorial and Community Services

Jersey City's 9/11 Remembrance

• 📌 Jersey City is marking 24 years since the 9/11 terror attacks, honoring the 39 residents lost.
• 📍 The Empty Sky memorial at Liberty State Park serves as New Jersey's official tribute, with walls engraved with victims' names facing the former World Trade Center site.
• 💔 Twisted steel and metal from the World Trade Center are displayed at the memorial as a stark reminder of that day.

Statewide and National Commemorations

• 🎗️ More than 700 New Jersey residents were among the total killed on 9/11.
• 🌊 The Jersey City waterfront served as a triage center for those fleeing Manhattan.
• 🕊️ Ceremonies included reading names and placing a wreath in the Hudson River.
• 🌅 On Long Island, Point Lookout hosted a sunrise ceremony, with one mother sharing a poignant final phone call with her son.
• ✈️ A memorial also took place in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, for the 40 passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 93, believed to have died after passengers attempted to retake control.
• 🇺🇸 At the Pentagon, a ceremony commemorated the 184 lives lost when American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the building.

Commemoration Details

• 🎟️ In New York City, family members of victims from both the 2001 and 1993 attacks were invited to participate in the reading of names via a lottery system.