25th anniversary of 9/11: Victims honored at memorials at Pentagon, NYC

NEW YORK – As the United States marks 25 years since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Americans across the country gathered to honor the nearly 3,000 people who perished and reflect on the day that forever changed the nation.

Loved ones of those killed, survivors, first responders and politicians attended ceremonies in New York City, at the Pentagon in Virginia, outside Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and around the country. Thousands of names were read out by family members and loved ones, both those who remember the trauma of that day and those who weren't alive but have grown up with the stories.

A quarter-century has passed since terrorists hijacked four commercial airliners in the deadliest attack on American soil. Today, almost one in four Americans has no personal memory of that day.

Yet, for many others, the tragedy remains etched in their memory. So do its lasting impacts: the global war on terror, backlash against Arab Americans, long term health issues and rise in government surveillance.

Family members of Massachusetts residents killed in the Sept. 11 terror attacks gathered at the “Garden of Remembrance” in downtown Boston for a wreath-laying ceremony Friday afternoon.

In attendance were Mayor Michelle Wu, Gov. Maura…

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