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9/11, 25 years later: ABC News Live

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 are gathering 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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Sep 11, 2026 4:53 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.

PHOTO: Roses stand on the 9/11 Memorial for the South Tower 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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Roses stand on the 9/11 Memorial for the South Tower 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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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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Sep 11, 2026 4:39 PM

ABC News goes inside 9/11 Memorial & Museum

ABC News has gone inside the 9/11 Memorial & Museum to witness the hallowed space that's dedicated to making sure people never forget.

A quarter-century after the September 11, 2001 terror attacks, ABC News goes inside the 9/11 Memorial & Museum to witness the hallowed space that's dedicated to making sure people never forget.

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A quarter-century after the September 11, 2001 terror attacks, ABC News goes inside the 9/11 Memorial & Museum to witness the hallowed space that's dedicated to making sure people never forget.

Sep 11, 2026 4:10 PM

'We will never forget'

Family members of 9/11 victims are continuing to read their names at the downtown Manhattan ceremony.

The granddaughter of FDNY Lt. Robert Wallace said, “Not many moments go by where I don’t think about you.”

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Mourners pause as they stand at the memorial during a ceremony commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks at the National September 11 Memorial in New York, Friday, Sept. 11, 2026.

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“Papa, even though we never met, I see you in everything. In mom, in Nana … and your seven grandkids,” she said.

“We will never forget your heroic sacrifice,” she said.

Cantor Fitzgerald employee William Raub's daughter was just 6 years old on 9/11.

PHOTO: One World Trade Center is seen in the background as flowers are left at the memorial during the 25th anniversary commemoration of the September 11, 2001 attacks at the National September 11 Memorial in New York on September 11, 2026.

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One World Trade Center is seen in the background as flowers are left at the memorial during the 25th anniversary commemoration of the September 11, 2001 attacks at the National September 11 Memorial in New York on September 11, 2026.

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"I can still feel how much you love me 25 years later,” she said, “and I’m so lucky and so proud to be your daughter. We miss you so much."

The wife of Cantor Fitzgerald employee John Candela said, "Thank you, God, for putting John in my life and for the peace I have knowing that I will see John again in heaven."

“John, I love you tons. I miss your hugs. God bless us all and God bless America."

The names of all the victims can be seen here on the 9/11 Memorial & Museum website.

Sep 11, 2026 3:55 PM

Flight 93 victims honored at Shanksville ceremony

Hundreds of people gathered in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, to mark the 25th anniversary of United Flight 93's crash.

PHOTO: Paula Jacobs, sister of Flight 93 victim Louis J. Nacke II and cousin Mary White Henderson, lean on the Wall of Names, at the Flight 93 National Memorial on the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, in Shanksville, Pa., September 11, 2026.

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Paula Jacobs, sister of Flight 93 victim Louis J. Nacke II and cousin Mary White Henderson, lean on the Wall of Names, at the Flight 93 National Memorial on the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, in Shanksville, Pa., September 11, 2026.

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PHOTO: A man looks down as he stands next to a U.S. flag during a ceremony held at the Flight 93 National Memorial at the Flight 93 National Memorial on the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, in Shanksville, Pa., September 11, 2026.

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A man looks down as he stands next to a U.S. flag during a ceremony held at the Flight 93 National Memorial at the Flight 93 National Memorial on the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, in Shanksville, Pa., September 11, 2026.

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The family members of the 40 passengers and crew who were killed read their names, accompanied by bells.

PHOTO: Members of the families of Flight 93 victims gather at the crash site of the hijacked airliner to take part in a family ceremony on the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, iin Shanksville, Pa., September 11, 2026.

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Members of the families of Flight 93 victims gather at the crash site of the hijacked airliner to take part in a family ceremony on the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, iin Shanksville, Pa., September 11, 2026.

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The color guard folded a U.S. flag and placed it on a giant rock near the edge of a grove of hemlocks. That rock is where some of the very last pieces of Flight 93 came to rest.

-ABC News' Stephanie Ramos and Janice McDonald