# World Commemorates 9/11’s 25th Anniversary with Ceremonies and New Grief Support Initiatives

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/world-commemorates-9-11s-25th-anniversary-with-ceremonies-and-new-grief-support-initiatives/
- Published: 2026-09-11T11:08:54+00:00
- Updated: 2026-09-11T18:10:31+00:00
- Topics: AI, Americas, Cricket, Culture, Government, Politics, Sport, Technology, Travel, World

## Key points

- US marked 25th anniversary of 9/11 with ceremonies at all three attack sites.
- Trump, Hochul, Mamdani and four former presidents attended commemorations.
- Officials and survivors shared personal memories; new grief support efforts launched.

## Summary

The United States marked the 25th anniversary of the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks on Friday with ceremonies at the three attack sites: the 9/11 Memorial in New York, the Pentagon in Virginia, and the Flight 93 National Memorial in Pennsylvania. The attacks, in which 19 al-Qaeda hijackers seized four commercial airliners, remain a defining moment in American history, and the anniversary drew senior political figures and survivors reflecting publicly on their memories and losses, alongside renewed grief support initiatives for those affected.

President Donald Trump was expected to attend the Pentagon ceremony, while New York's commemorations, including the reading of victims' names at the World Trade Center site, were due to be attended by Governor Kathy Hochul, Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and all four living former presidents - George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and Joe Biden. Several officials shared personal recollections, including retired Major General Bert Mizusawa, who witnessed the Pentagon attack from his office and later helped hire the most senior military officer killed there, and Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, whose nephew, a court officer, died while helping a victim. Some political tension surrounded the New York event, with reports of Republican senators and 9/11 families objecting to Mamdani's attendance over his record.

## Coverage

- [Daily Mail: London remembers 9/11: US ambassador Warren Stephens lays wreath with his wife in Grosvenor Square to mark 25th anniversary of the terror attacks](https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16123195/London-9-11-US-ambassador-25th-anniversary-terror-attacks.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490)
- [Fox News: 9/11 hero’s legacy lives on 25 years later as son unveils new tech lifeline for those facing grief](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/9-11-heros-legacy-lives-25-years-later-son-unveils-new-tech-lifeline-those-facing-grief)
- [Fox News: JOHN ONDRASIK: What 9/11 taught us about courage, unity and the price of freedom](https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/john-ondrasik-what-911-taught-us-about-courage-unity-price-freedom)
- [Fox News: Trump leads Pentagon service honouring September 11 victims and rescuers](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-set-honor-9-11-victims-first-responders-pentagon-25th-anniversary)
- [Fox News: 25 years later, 9/11 memories endure as nation gathers to honor nearly 3,000 lives lost](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/25-years-later-9-11-memories-endure-nation-gathers-honor-nearly-3000-lives-lost)

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