9/11: TWENTY-ONE YEARS AFTER
By Oyiza Adaba | Africa-Related New York
“#neverforget911”
Photo by Anthony Formin
A day of sombre remembrance of a date history will never forget.
The 9/11 Memorial & Museum located at the World Trade Center in New York City, is described as the country’s principal institution concerned with exploring 9/11, documenting its impact, and examining its continuing significance. Honoring those who were killed in the 2001 and 1993 attacks is at the heart of our mission.
Each year on the anniversary of 9/11, the families of victims gather for a ceremony on the 9/11 Memorial plaza to read aloud the names of the 2,983 men, women, and children killed in the September 11, 2001 attacks and February 26, 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center. Six moments of silence mark the times when each of the World Trade Center towers was struck, when each tower fell, and the times corresponding to the attack at the Pentagon, and the crash of United Airlines Flight 93 in Pennsylvania.