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Mayor Mamdani pays homage to NYC firefighters for their courage and bravery on 9/11

September 12, 2026 admin

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani (centre) and N.J. Gov. Mikie Sherrill (right) attend the ceremony commemorating the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks at the National September 11 Memorial in New York. | Photo Credit: AP New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani began the 25th-year commemoration of the September 11 attacks on Friday…

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U.S. marks 25 years since the September 11 attacks

September 11, 2026 admin

Americans commemorated the 25th anniversary of 9/11 on Friday (September 11, 2026), remembering the shock, the dead and the sweeping consequences of the al-Qaeda attacks on symbols of U.S. might and prosperity. The milestone anniversary brought memorial rituals — wreath-laying, flag-flying, moments of silence, vigils and readings of victims’ names — and volunteer projects in…

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9/11 attacks: Photos that defined the day

September 10, 2026 admin

On the morning of September 11, 2001, a series of coordinated attacks involving hijacked commercial aircraft targeted the World Trade Centre in New York, the Pentagon in Virginia and a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, making it one of the deadliest acts of terrorism on American soil. Nearly 3,000 lives were lost that day. The immediate…

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