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September 11, 2001: Remembering the Lives Behind the Day

On the morning of September 11, 2001, thousands of people woke up expecting an ordinary Tuesday.  They got ready for work. They made breakfast. They said goodbye to their families. They boarded trains and buses, drove into the city, walked into offices and boarded flights. Nobody knew how dramatically the world was about to change. September 11 would become one of the darkest days in modern American history. Nearly 3,000 victims were killed in the terrorist attacks in New York City, at the Pentagon, and aboard four hijacked aircraft but behind that number were individual people. Parents. Children. Husbands and wives. Partners. Brothers and sisters. Friends and colleagues. They had stories and those stories deserve to be remembered. An Ordinary Morning At 8:46 a.m . , American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. Initially, there was confusion about what had happened. Smoke poured from the tower as emergency services began respo...
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Welcome to The Faces of September 11

Welcome to The Faces of September 11, a space dedicated to remembering and honoring the people whose lives were lost in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Behind every name was a person. A parent, a child, a husband, a wife, a partner, a sibling, a friend, a colleague, or a neighbor. Each had their own story, their own dreams, and people who loved them. Remembering the People More than two decades have passed since September 11, but the lives of those who were lost should never be reduced to numbers or statistics. The Faces of September 11 is about the people. Through this blog, we hope to remember individual lives and share their stories with care and dignity. We will look beyond the events of that morning and focus on who these people were — their families, careers, interests, achievements, personalities, and the memories they left behind. Their Stories Matter September 11 changed the world, but for thousands of families, it changed something much more personal. They lost s...
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