September 11th Remembrance Ceremony in NYC: Honoring Victims 24 Years Later

Commemoration of 9/11 Attacks

• 🕯️ Today marks 24 years since the September 11th terror attacks, with ceremonies planned across New York and the country to honor the lives lost.
• 💔 Nearly 3,000 people were killed in the attacks.

Events in Lower Manhattan

• 📍 The annual remembrance ceremony will take place in lower Manhattan on the Memorial Plaza, beginning at 8:40 a.m.
• 🗣️ Loved ones will read aloud the names of the attack victims.
• ⏱️ Moments of silence will mark the exact times the hijacked planes struck the World Trade Center and when the skyscrapers fell.
• 🏛️ Dignitaries, including former and present governors and Mayor Adams, will be in attendance.

The Attacks and Their Impact

• ✈️ 19 terrorists hijacked four planes, crashing two into the World Trade Center Twin Towers and one into the Pentagon.
• 💥 A fourth plane, headed for Washington D.C., crashed in an empty field in Pennsylvania after passengers and crew fought back.
• 🔥 A retired FDNY member shared his emotional experience of the day, describing the **