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Remembering a day of infamy, 20 years on
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BRONX TIMES R 12 REPORTER, SEPT. 9-16, 2021 BTR
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
Emblazoned on a wall of blue tile
within the 9/11 Memorial and Museum
in Lower Manhattan are the words of
the famous Roman poet Virgil: “No day
shall erase you from the memory of
time.” The quote is surrounded by one
tile representing each of the more than
3,000 victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist
attacks.
As a city, we are now 20 years removed
from that beautiful-turned-horrifi
c morning — one of the darkest moments
in our history, a date that forever
altered our city both physically and spiritually.
So much has happened in the past
two decades, including the reconstruction
of the World Trade Center itself into
a modern center of commerce and progress.
Those who were children on 9/11
are now adults building their own lives,
with some dedicating themselves to public
service in honor of those they knew
and loved who perished that fateful day.
But for those of us alive to bear witness
to that terrible morning, the memories
have not faded from the passage of
the 7,305 days that followed.
We gather as a city once more this
Saturday to pause and remember the
20th anniversary when terrorists struck
a shocking blow at the heart of our city
— crashing hijacked airliners into the
World Trade Center and precipitating
their collapse, killing close to 3,000 people
in the process.
We gather once more to honor the sacrifi
ces of the more than 350 fi refi ghters,
police offi cers, EMTs and other fi rst responders
who ran into the burning Twin
Towers to save lives as thousands of people
fl ed from the danger.
We also gather once more to remember
the brave men and women who
worked at “Ground Zero” for months
on end searching for survivors and remains
of victims — and are now dying
of illnesses related to their heroic work.
And we do this not only to ensure
that we “never forget” 9/11 — but also to
live out Virgil’s words that the passage
of time won’t ever erase from our consciousness
those whom we lost that fateful
day.
On Saturday, Sept. 11, thousands of
families and survivors of the attacks
will participate in the annual memorial
ceremony at the 9/11 Memorial. As the
victims’ names are read, the ceremony
will pause for moments of silence marking
the timeline of the tragedy:
8:46 a.m., Hijacked American Airlines
Flight 11 crashes into the North
Tower of the World Trade Center.
9:02 a.m., Hijacked United Airlines
Flight 175 crashes into the South Tower
of the World Trade Center.
9:37 a.m., Hijacked American Airlines
Flight 77 crashes into the Pentagon
outside Washington, DC.
9:59 a.m., The South Tower of the
World Trade Center collapses.
10:07 a.m., Hijacked United Airlines
Flight 93 crashes in Shanksville, PA, after
passengers revolted against the terrorists.
10:28 a.m., The North Tower of the
World Trade Center collapses.
May the memories of all those murdered
on 9/11 live on forever in New York
City.
Am American fl ag fl ies near the base of the destroyed World TradeCenter in New York, Sept.
11, 2001. Planes crashed into each of thetwo towers, causing them to collapse.
Photo REUTERS/Peter Morgan
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