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9/11 25th anniversary live updates: Families gather for ceremonies at World Trade Center, Pentagon, Shanksville

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ABC News' journalists share what it was like to report on 9/11
By Emily Shapiro, Ivan Pereira
Last Updated: September 11, 2026, 6:29 PM

Friday marks 25 years since the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, which claimed the lives of 2,977 people at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

Another 9,000 people have died from 9/11-related illnesses over the last 25 years.

Victims' families, first responders and politicians gathered for annual remembrance ceremonies at the memorials in downtown Manhattan, the Pentagon in Virginia, and Shanksville, as Americans across the country pause to remember and reflect.

"9/11 Tribute in Light: Live from Lower Manhattan," a one-hour ABC News multiplatform live special, premieres on Friday, Sept. 11, at 8:00 p.m. EDT across ABC, Disney+, Hulu, National Geographic, ABC Owned Television Stations livestreams and ABC News Live.

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Key Headlines

  • Former President George W. Bush posts his 9/11 art on social media
  • Victim's son concludes reading of names by speaking out against hate
  • Victim's sister pleads with politicians to recognize 9/11 as day of remembrance
  • New 7th moment of silence honors victims of 9/11 illnesses
Here's how the news is developing.

Sep 11, 2026 6:29 PM

George Stephanopoulos shares video from 9/11

“Good Morning America” co-anchor George Stephanopoulos shared a video from the moment he and other journalists were evacuated while covering the collapse of the World Trade Center.

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Sep 11, 2026 6:00 PM

Former President George W. Bush posts his 9/11 art on social media

Former President George W. Bush posted his artwork of several famous images from 9/11 on his Instagram page Friday.

The paintings include a recreation of the image when Bush was told about the attacks during a visit to a school, and the unfurling of the U.S. flag outside the Pentagon on Sept. 12, 2001.

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"Twenty-five years ago, the actions of an enemy revealed the spirit of the American people. These and other paintings are my reflections of this solemn anniversary and will be on display all month at [The George W. Bush Presidential Center]," he said in his post.

Bush reflected on the anniversary during a conversation with former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Wednesday.

PHOTO: Former Presidents attend the 9/11 25th Anniversary Commemoration Ceremony in New York City, September 11, 2026.
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First Lady Laura Bush, former President Bill Clinton, former First Lady Michelle Obama, former President Barack Obama and former President George W. Bush attend the 25th anniversary commemoration of the September 11, 2001 attacks at the National September 11 Memorial in New York City, September 11, 2026.
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"9/11 was a clarifying moment for me and you and others in our administration because they realized that we were vulnerable to attack based upon what we believe," he said.


Sep 11, 2026 5:56 PM

Children who lost loved ones channel grief into art at America's Camp

A new art installation at the 9/11 Memorial & Museum comes from the hearts and minds of children who lost a parent or sibling on 9/11.

The installation, a papier-mâché sculpture titled "The Feathers of the Phoenix," is composed entirely of artwork from the children at America's Camp, a free, weeklong camp that hosted the children of 9/11 victims every summer in the Berkshires for 10 years, closing as planned in 2011 on the tragedy's 10th anniversary.

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Sep 11, 2026 5:30 PM

Victim's son concludes reading of names by speaking out against hate

The reading of the names at the New York City ceremony concluded with powerful words from the son of victim Michael Massaroli.

“You do my dad’s legacy and the legacy of all these victims no honor by using this tragedy to spread hate,” he said.

PHOTO: People look out at the South Tower pool at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum ahead of the 25th anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center on September 7, 2026, in New York City.
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People ook lout at the South Tower pool at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum ahead of the 25th anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center on September 7, 2026, in New York City.
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“We have seen a medley of people come up today [to read victims’ names], of all races, all religions, all creeds,” he said.

“I’ve had to grow up and spend the past 25 years seeing people use [9/11] to hate on our Muslim brothers and sisters, to hate on people who don’t look like them. And that’s wrong and that does no honor to the victims here,” he said, as the crowd applauded. “I want to use the little platform I have to ask for that to please stop.”

He also thanked the dignitaries and families who stayed until the end of the reading of the names, saying every single name matters.

PHOTO: A victims ID badge sits on his name on the 9/11 Memorial for the South Tower ahead of the 25th anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center, September 7, 2026, in New York City.
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A victims ID badge sits on his name on the 9/11 Memorial for the South Tower ahead of the 25th anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center, September 7, 2026, in New York City.
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Sep 11, 2026 4:57 PM

New 7th moment of silence honors victims of 9/11 illnesses

For the first time, the 9/11 Memorial & Museum added a seventh moment of silence at this year's ceremony to honor those who have died of illnesses related to their time at or near the World Trade Center site.


For the past 24 years, there have been six moments of silence: two to mark the times when the planes struck the World Trade Center towers; one to mark when a plane struck the Pentagon; one to mark when a plane crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania; and the two times the World Trade Center towers collapsed. Each moment of silence is followed by a bell toll.

This new, seventh moment of silence was observed at the conclusion of the reading of the names and will be a permanent part of the annual ceremony.

More than 9,000 people have now died from 9/11-related illnesses, approximately three times the number killed on Sept. 11, 2001, according to the World Trade Center Health Program.

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