MID-HUDSON – The whole nation is in mourning today remembering the events of September 11, 2001, when the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a commercial airliner over Pennsylvania were targets of terrorist attacks that claimed over 3,000 lives.
Since that faithful day 25 years ago, thousands of first responders who were at the World Trade Center after the towers came down, have died of cancer related to breathing in the toxic materials from the buildings.
Congressman Pat Ryan (D, NY-18), who is attending the Ground Zero service today, was a sophomore cadet at West Point when the day the world changed.
“When we say never forget, we have to honor that in its fullness, and there are 100 million Americans now who weren’t alive for September 11th, including my two boys. So, we owe them the obligation, and especially we owe the fallen the obligation to never forget both the evil of that day, but also the incredible heroism and patriotism, and of course, the firefighters and police officers and others who ran into danger and many of whom lost their lives, and of course, the whole country coming together,” he said.
Ceremonies are being held across the Hudson Valley and Catskills today in memory of those killed in the attacks.
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