How Americans have honored 9/11 victims

NATIONHow Americans have honored 9/11 victimsSept. 1, 2026, 11:13 a.m. ETJ.D. Blanton of Starr Fire Station 4 in Anderson County, S.C., carries a hose with names of 343 firemen from New York, during the 911 Walk to Remember Sunday, September 8, 2024. The event, started from Rock Springs fire station for 2.5 miles to Belton fire station, with ceremonial bell ringing from each walker showing support for the lives lost on September 11, 2001.Ken Ruinard, The Anderson Independent Mail / USA TODAY NETWORKLauren Goodridge of Eastchester, N.Y. touches her six-month old daughter Viviane's hand to the name of her father Phil Pinto, as she visited The Rising, Westchester County's Sept. 11 Memorial at Kensico Dam Plaza in Valhalla, N.Y. Sept. 11, 2023. Phil Pinto, an Eastchester firefighter, died in 2022 of a 9/11 related cancer. Pinto had spent days at Ground Zero aiding in the recovery efforts after the Sept. 11th attacks on the World Trade Center. Goodridge was visiting the 9/11 memorial before Westchester County held it's annual 9/11 Memorial Ceremony.Seth Harrison, The Journal News / USA TODAY NETWORKVictor Valley College Associated Student Body welcomed the public over Labor Day weekend to help set up 3,000 flags in honor…

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