New York City firefighters march near the memorial on the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
From New York and the Pentagon to Pennsylvania and communities nationwide, Americans mark the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks with memorial ceremonies, moments of silence, vigils and tributes.
People listen to the U.S. national anthem at the memorial on the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Gray, Pool)A U.S. Army warrant officer stands by a reflecting pool during a memorial on the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Gray, Pool)President Donald Trump, left, and first lady Melania Trump arrive at an observance ceremony on the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, at the Pentagon in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)The Pentagon Group Burial Marker stands among headstones at Arlington National Cemetery shortly after sunrise, Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)Iris Weinshall, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former President Bill Clinton, former First Lady Michelle Obama, former President Barack Obama attend a ceremony commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks at the National September 11 Memorial in New York on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026. (Hiroko Masuike /The New York Times via AP, Pool)New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, right, passes former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani ahead of a ceremony commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks at the National September 11 Memorial in New York City on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026. (Barry Williams /The Daily News via AP, Pool)Visitors to the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pa., attend an observance, Friday, Sept.11, 2026, as the nation marks the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)A woman mourns at the September 11 memorial plaza in Lower Manhattan ahead of a ceremony commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks at the National September 11 Memorial in New York on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026. (Dave Sanders /The New York Times via AP, Pool)United States Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick stands at the memorial on the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Gray, Pool)The memorial is seen on the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani observes the memorial on the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Gray, Pool)Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, and other officials, watch as the flag is unfurled at the Pentagon, Friday, Sept. 11, 2026 in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)On the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, customers and employees stand for the daily Pledge of Allegiance at Chick & Ruth’s Delly, where the Pledge of Allegiance has been recited in the morning, seven days a week since 1989, in Annapolis, Md., Friday, Sept. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)People make a path as two columns of light, representing the World Trade Center, appear on the floor appear on the floor inside the Oculus on the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)A young boy looks at the Brooklyn 9/11 Wall of Remembrance during the annual Candlelight Ceremony in Coney Island on the eve of the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 World Trade Center attacks, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)Visitors to the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pa., on Friday, Sept.11, 2026, view the memorial park below from the plane’s flight path marked by the separation in the building, as the nation marks the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)Jake Lang speaks during a protest on the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)Flowers are seen at the memorial on the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)
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