Remembering 9/11, 25 years later
- Political leaders, victims' families, survivors and Americans across the country are marking a quarter-century on Friday since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
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- The annual ceremony at Ground Zero in New York City will include an extra moment of silence this year for those who were later stricken with .
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- All living former presidents will be in Manhattan for the ceremony, along with Vice President JD Vance.
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New York City Mayor will be there and is also attending other throughout the city.
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Other administration officials are expected to attend the ceremony in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
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How 9/11 shaped the world we live in today
The tragedy of Sept. 11 instantly transformed not just the New York City skyline, but the country and the world we live in.
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Within weeks, the U.S. declared a global war on terror, launching what would become a 20-year military campaign in the Middle East – first in Afghanistan and eventually in Iraq.
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Thousands of U.S. service members died and trillions of dollars were spent, ending with a chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 and the
.9/11 led to the creation of a brand-new, Cabinet-level department: Homeland Security, and beneath it, a host of new agencies from the TSA – overseeing heightened restrictions on commercial air travel – to CBP and ICE, taking on expanded border patrol and immigration enforcement responsibilities.
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The government also established a director of national intelligence and grew surveillance operations in the name of inter-agency collaboration, precaution and safety — viewed by some critics as mass overreach.
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In the attacks' immediate aftermath, the nation was united by sorrow, love and defiance.
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And from the ashes of the destruction came new monuments to American resilience: the 9/11 memorial, One World Trade Center, the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, and a restored Pentagon.
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"Significant frustration" that the alleged 9/11 plotters still haven't stood trial
Twenty-five years after the terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people, the alleged plotters still have not faced a trial.
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After rejecting prosecutors' request to begin the trial in January 2027, a military judge at Guantánamo Bay has ordered jury selection for the trial of four alleged 9/11 plotters — including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused principal architect of the attacks —
."There's significant frustration," Gordon Felt, president of Families of
, told CBS News.
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Felt is the brother of Flight 93 passenger Edward Felt and leads efforts to share his story and that of all 40 passengers and crew members who fought back against hijackers.
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The trials are still in a pre-trial phase at Guantanamo … that's been dragging on endlessly," he said.
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Health fallout lingers: "September 11th doesn't end on one single day"
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Twenty-five years after Sept. 11, 2001, the casualties are still mounting.
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Roughly 6,000 first responders, survivors and volunteers have died from firefighters who died from related diseases to its memorial wall.
related to the attacks.
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The New York City Fire Department recently added the names of 36"Thirty-six more reminders that the legacy of September 11th doesn't end on one single day," said FDNY Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore.
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The September 11th Victim Compensation Fund has received at least
, awarding more than $18 billion.
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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani recently documents from the aftermath of 9/11, which show that the city was aware of airborne toxins that later sickened and killed thousands.
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"The government told us
," said Peter Raho, who worked as an accountant near Ground Zero and was later diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
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George W. Bush: Americans "don't pay attention to the lesson of 9/11"
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Speaking at his presidential library in Dallas earlier this week, former
reflected on the response he led after the 9/11 attacks.
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"Our nation occasionally goes through isolationist periods, where the attitude is, 'Well, we've got too many problems at home.
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Therefore, who cares about what happens overseas?'" said Bush, who wasn't yet eight months into his first term when the attacks occurred.
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"Which really means to me they just don't pay attention to the lessons of 9/11, because what happens overseas matters to our national security at home."
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As president, he launched the war in Afghanistan after the Sept. 11 attacks, and then supported the development of a democratic government after years of humanitarian abuses by the Taliban.
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But the conflict dragged on for 20 years, becoming America's longest war, until the U.S. withdrew and Afghanistan came again in 2021.
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Bush also recalled how he had been visiting an elementary school on Sept. 11, 2001, when his
about the attacks.
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In that moment, "I became a wartime president," Bush said.
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"This was a war, and that the job of the president and the country and his team is to rally the nation and to do what's necessary to protect our people."
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Seven moments of silence will mark events of 9/11
The
of the deceased at Ground Zero will be punctuated by seven moments of silence:- 8:46 a.m. ET:
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Hijackers deliberately crashed American Airlines Flight 11 into the North Tower of the World Trade Center
- 9:03 a.m. ET:
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Hijackers crashed United Airlines Flight 175 into the South Tower
-
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Hijackers crashed American Airlines Flight 77 into the Pentagon
- 9:59 a.m. ET: South Tower collapses
- 10:03 a.m. ET: Passengers on United Airlines Flight 93 launch a counterattack on hijackers aboard their plane, causing hijackers to crash into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania
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North Tower collapses
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- After the reading of names concludes at 12:30 or 1 p.m. ET: A seventh moment of silence for those who died from 9/11-related health effects
The final moment of silence
, recognizing thousands of first responders, rescuers, recovery workers and local residents who , in some cases years after the attacks.
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How to watch the 9/11 memorial ceremonies marking 25 years
CBS News will have live coverage of the memorial events taking place at the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan; the Pentagon, where President Trump is attending; and Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
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- What: Memorial events mark 25 years since the 9/11 attacks
- Date: Friday, Sept. 11, 2026
- Time: Beginning at 8:30 a.m. ET
- Location: New York City, The Pentagon, and Shanksville, Pennsylvania
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