Overview
- Commemorations in Lower Manhattan included a Port Authority memorial mass at St. Peter’s Church followed by the annual ceremony on the National September 11 Memorial Plaza.
- A moment of silence was held at 12:18 p.m., the time of the blast that killed six people and an unborn child and injured more than 1,000.
- Hundreds attended, including victims’ families, first responders, and Port Authority employees, and placed roses at the bronze-etched names of the 1993 victims.
- Port Authority Executive Director Kathryn Garcia highlighted how the 1993 response informed future resilience, while Chairman Kevin O’Toole pledged ongoing support for the families.
- The memorial reaffirmed the 1993 victims’ permanent inclusion on the 9/11 Memorial; Ramzi Yousef and five others were convicted and remain in prison, and this observance precedes the 25th anniversary of 9/11 later this year.