Vice President JD Vance and all living former presidents observed the anniversary in New York.
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For the first time, the ceremony at ground zero also held a moment of silence for the people who died from illnesses they developed due to toxic exposures from the site.
Firefighters during the 25th anniversary commemoration ceremony at the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum in New York. Photo by David Dee Delgado/ AFP/ Bloomberg via Getty Images
Law enforcement officers carry a U.S. flag next to the reflecting pools at the 9/11 Memorial, during a ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, in New York City. Photo by Jeenah Moon/ Pool/ Reuters
People pause as they stand at the memorial during a ceremony at the National 9/11 Memorial & Museum on September 11, 2026, in New York City. Photo by Spencer Platt/Pool via Reuters
People observe a minute of silence in New York City on Sept. 11, 2026. Photo by Brendan McDermid/ Reuters
Juan Lopez who lost father Leobardo looks on during a ceremony commemorating the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, at the National 9/11 Memorial & Museum on September 11, 2026 in New York City. Photo by Spencer Platt/Pool via Reuters
Former Presidents Joe Biden and George W. Bush, Vice President JD Vance, former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, former Gov. George Pataki, Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Zohran Mamdani attend the 9/11 25th Anniversary Commemoration Ceremony Friday, Sept. 11, 2026 in Manhattan, New York. Photo by Barry Williams/Pool via Reuters
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump attend an observance ceremony at the Pentagon. Photo by Elizabeth Frantz/ Reuters
Attendees pause for a moment of silence during an observance ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the Pentagon. Photo by Jonathan Ernst/ Reuters
Visitors walk through the Flight 93 National Memorial in Stonycreek Township, Pennsylvania, on Sept. 11, 2026. Photo by Nathan Howard/ Reuters
Members of the families of Flight 93 victims gather at the crash site of the hijacked airliner to take part in a family ceremony on the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, in Stonycreek Township near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Photo by Nathan Howard/ Reuters
Yachiyo Kuge, mother of Flight 93 victim Toshiya Kuge, places her hand on her son’s name at the Wall of Names at the Flight 93 National Memorial on Sept. 11, 2026. Photo by Nathan Howard/ Reuters
Paula Jacobs, sister of Flight 93 victim Louis J. Nacke II and cousin Mary White Henderson, lean on the Wall of Names, at the Flight 93 National Memorial commemorating those killed when the hijacked flight crashed into an open field on Sept. 11, 2001. Photo by Nathan Howard/ Reuters
