New Yorkers Remember 9/11 with Events Honoring Those Killed, First Responders, the City's Resilience

New Yorkers remember 9/11 with events honoring those killed, first responders, the city's resilience

New York is remembering 9/11 in numerous ways, with events Thursday to mark the final hours leading up to 25 years since the deadliest terror attacks in the country's history.

25 Years Later: Afghan New Yorker Masuda Sultan Remembers 9/11 & 19 Relatives Killed in U.S. Bombing

Almost 25 years ago, just days after the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center, President George W. Bush addressed the nation, making the case for war against al-Qaeda, whose leader, Osama bin Laden, was based in Afghanistan. “I sensed that something like this was not going to go unpunished,” Afghan American New Yorker and women’s rights activist Masuda Sultan told Democracy Now! at the time. Within a few weeks, the U.S. invasion began. Sultan would lose 19 members of her family when

25 voices, 25 years later: How New Yorkers remember 9/11

The question “Where were you on 9/11?” has become a common question when recalling the past. Twenty-five years after the terrorist attacks that brought down the World Trade Center and killed nearly 3,000 people, New Yorkers, young and old, still have those memories seared into their brain. Sept. 11, 2001, started like any other day...

25 Years Later: Afghan New Yorker Masuda Sultan Remembers 9/11 & 19 Relatives Killed in U.S. Bombing | WNYmedia Network - Buffalo, NY Reader

Almost 25 years ago, just days after the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center, President George W. Bush addressed the nation, making the case for war against al-Qaeda, whose leader, Osama bin Laden, was based in Afghanistan. “I sensed that something like this was not going to go unpunished,” Afghan American New Yorker […] The post 25 Years Later: Afghan New Yorker Masuda Sultan Remembers 9/11 & 19 Relatives Killed in U.S. Bombing appea…