Monday marks the 22nd anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, as well as the crash of United Airlines Flight 93.
From the annual ceremony at the 9/11 Memorial + Museum to the yearly “Tribute in Light,” here are some of the events being held around New York City to honor the nearly 3,000 lives lost in the tragedy.
9/11 Memorial & Museum’s 22nd Anniversary Commemoration
The 9/11 Memorial & Museum’s annual ceremony will take place at the 9/11 Memorial Plaza starting at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 11. It is expected to conclude around 1 p.m.
The event traditionally includes an in-person reading of the names by victims’ family members, as well as six moments of silence recognizing when both World Trade Center towers were struck and fell, when the Pentagon was attacked and when Flight 93 crashed.
The plaza will not be open to the public during the ceremony. The museum will also be closed to the public throughout the day, open only for family members and others with reserved tickets.
Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to attend the ceremony.
For more information, go to the 9/11 Memorial & Museum’s website.
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9/11 Memorial & Museum’s Community Day
The museum is also hosting a community day on from 3 to 7 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 10.
The event is open to the following attendees, according to the museum’s website: 9/11 and 2/26/1993 family members, family members of individuals who are sick or who have died from 9/11-related illnesses and injuries, 9/11 rescue and recovery workers, first responders, 9/11 and 1993 survivors, active-duty military and veterans, lower Manhattan residents and business owners, and active and retired flight crew members.
More information is available on the museum’s website.
New York City Fire Museum’s 9/11 Memorial Service
The New York City Fire Museum will mark the 22nd anniversary with a wreath-laying ceremony at the museum at 11:30 a.m. Monday, Sept. 11, to honor 343 FDNY members who were killed during the attacks.
The service will include remarks from FDNY leadership, the Color Guard, chaplain and vocalist.
According to a release, the space features black marble and tile structure with pictures of the firefighters, cases displaying tools used and items recovered from the Ground Zero recovery effort and a wall-size timeline of that day’s events.
Port Authority’s 9/11 Remembrance Service
The Port Authority will hold an interfaith remembrance service at St. Peter’s Church at 2 p.m. Monday, Sept. 11, to honor 84 employees who died during the attacks and the victims of 1993’s World Trade Center bombing.
The service will follow the 9/11 Memorial and Museum commemoration ceremony, according to a release.
New York Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado is expected to attend the service.
Watch the livestream of the service here.
Tribute in Light
From dusk until dawn on Monday, Sept. 11, twin blue beams of light will illuminate the Manhattan skyline.
The public art installation, which was first presented in 2002, features two beams that reach up to four miles into the sky, representing the Twin Towers.
The tribute can be seen from a 60-mile radius on a clear night in lower Manhattan, according to the 9/11 Memorial & Museum’s website.
On Friday, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that state government buildings will be flown at half-staff, and 16 state landmarks and bridges will be lit blue in remembrance.
Landmarks throughout the city that will be lit blue include the Kosciuszko Bridge, Empire State Building, the LIRR East End Gateway at Penn Station and Moynihan Train Hall.
Staten Island ‘Postcards’ Memorial Ceremony
Every year on Staten Island’s North Shore Waterfront Esplanade, residents gather at the “Postcards” memorial site to honor Staten Island residents who died on 9/11.
The memorial was built to resemble two postcards, “symbolizing personal communications between loved ones,” the 9/11 Memorial & Museum’s website says.
The walls of the structure “feature 274 plaques with the names, birthdays, job titles and profile silhouettes of loved ones lost,” according to New York City Tourism + Conventions, the city’s official marketing, tourism and partnership organization.
According to the Staten Island Advance, the event, hosted by Borough President Vito Fossella, will be at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 11.
Tunnel to Towers 5K Run & Walk
Each year on the last Sunday of September — which falls on Sept. 24 this year — runners and walkers gather for a 5K that follows the final footsteps of Stephen Siller, who sprinted through the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel to the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, while carrying 60 pounds of firefighter gear. He died when the south tower collapsed.
The event honors the 343 FDNY firefighters, law enforcement officers and thousands of civilians who died on 9/11.
For more information, go to the Tunnel to Towers Foundation’s website.
9/11 Heroes Run
The annual event brings together communities across the world to ensure they never forget the sacrifices of the first responders for New York City, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania.
The Travis Manion Foundation helps organize events across the globe to honor 9/11 victims and those who have been in the wars since.
For more information, go to the Travis Manion Foundation’s website.
Brooklyn 9/11 Wall of Remembrance
The annual candlelight ceremony will take place at the Maimonides Park in Brooklyn on Sunday, Sept. 10.
There will be a pre-ceremony with two medal of honor guests starting at 6 p.m. The candlelight ceremony will begin at 6:30 p.m., and Msgr. John Delendick will officiate the event.
The memorial has granite panels that are holding laser-engraved portraits of 417 first responders. PAPD K-9 Sirius is also honored with a sculptured relief, the website said.
According to the website, this was the first major 9/11 memorial built in New York City to honor 9/11 victims.
For more information, head to the Brooklyn 9/11 Wall of Remembrance’s website.