Americans are remembering 9/11 with tear-choked tributes and pleas to “never forget” 21 years after the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil.
New York City marked the 21st anniversary of the September 11 attacks on Sunday with tear choked tributes and pleas to "never forget."Americans remembered 9/11 on Sunday with tear-choked tributes, and pleas to "never forget," 21 years after the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil.
A firefighter rings the bell at 8:46 AM during the first moment of silence at the annual 9/11 Commemoration Ceremony at the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum on September 11, 2022 in New York City. But like some other victims' relatives, Jay Saloman fears that Americans' consciousness of 9/11 is receding.Hundreds of people gathered for the annual September 11 ceremony at Point Lookout, Long Island on Sunday. People wept, held each other, and honored the lives of the over 400 Long Islanders who died in the terrorist attacks.
More than 70 of Sekou Siby's co-workers perished at Windows on the World, the restaurant atop the trade center's north tower. Siby had been scheduled to work that morning until another cook asked him to switch shifts. "We have an obligation, a duty, a responsibility to defend, preserve and protect our democracy — the very democracy that guarantees the right to freedom that those terrorists on 9/11 sought to bury in the burning fire, smoke and ash," the Democrat said.
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