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tears. dignity. courage. honor. a day to remember those lost and those who rushed to help. now special coverage. remembering 9/11. a live look from lower

manhattan this morning as we take time to remember and pay tribute. it has become tradition for those paying respects across the tri-state area, today marking 15 years since the deadly terror attacks on our country.

a reminder of where we have been and how far we have been able to rise. good morning. i am cindy hsu. i am mary calvi. this is cbs2 special coverage of the 9/11 commemoration ceremony.

thank you for joining us. right now family members, dignitaries and politicians are gathering at the site of the 9/11 memorial. the ceremony will be getting underway shortly and will last several hours. we want to mention we are going

to be streaming the ceremony live on cbsnewyork.com and beginning at 9 a.m. you can watch cbs sunday morning and "face the nation" on our sister station wlny-tv 10/55. you are looking at chopper 2 live over lower manhattan.

when the 15th anniversary ceremony gets underway the honor guard will enter. the names of every victim will be read by family members. there will be six moments of silence to signify when the plane struck and when the towers fell.

after the first moment of silence, church bells will ring across the city. the observance continues this evening at dusk when the tribute and light will rise from lower manhattan and last until dawn. all right.

now lets go to lou young with more on today's 15th anniversary ceremony. reporter: the passage of years, our commemoration becomes increasingly instructive. already there are young people in high school for whom

9/11 is not a lived memory. it's already past history for them. if i were to have one wish in the world, it would be to meet my dad. reporter: part of exploring that past history is to speak to those of us who were there

then. people like joseph herbert, now working on counterterrorism. my introduction into terrorism was the attacks of 9/11. you know, the bodies and the pain and the agony. very difficult.

it's difficult for me to come back here. being here today brings back all the emotion and the pain and the heartache. you taught me so much about love and kindness growing up and i miss it every day. reporter: a time to mourn

and remember. in recent years the reading of the names. this year there will be subtle changes in the 15th anniversary there will be some additional elements to the program. but the fundamental idea is the

gathering of families. i think it's a blessing that it's on a sunday. it will make sure more families can come. daddy, i was nine months old when you pass the away. reporter: attendance has ebbed over the years after the

initial shock of the event fades a bit. there has been time to examine what happened and consider perhaps the new york part of the attack was far more successful than the terrorists anticipated. unleashing history.

do you think they knew the towers would fall? no, i don't think so. i think they were pleasantly surprised. reporter: a decade and a half of warfare followed. the conflict has morphed and spread like fire.

at times endangering our own sense of what it is to be free. new enemies have risen. despite the death of osama bin laden, the master mind of the plot remain. al-qaeda is alive and kicking. there are still a lot of

members from the senior crew that we're looking at. days before today's 15th anniversary of 9/11 a missing flag from ground zero is returned. the flag now filling a void in the history of the site. cbs2's vanessa murdoch has

more. reporter: the photo you'll never forget. three firefighters raising the american flag at ground zero the day the twin towers came down. the raising of this flag restored some humanity.

it restored hope. reporter: joe daniels, president of the 9/11 memorial museum, says the flag was taken down that night. a different one went up the next morning. for a long time people didn't realize it was missing

until someone made the comparison between the original and what was there. reporter: the original's whereabouts remained a mystery until 2014 when the history channel aired brad meltser's lost history. if i tell the history of

lost artifacts on television, people will help us find them. reporter: that's what happened. a man claiming to be a former u.s. marine walked into a police station in washington state holding a flag. he said it had been given to

him by a woman who wasn't aware anyone was looking for it. she watched this program on television and she wanted it to go to the right place and he delivers this flag. that's all we know. we needed to make sure it was real.

it is real. we are so happy it's back. it's a piece of 9/11 history that has finally come home. reporter: home to the 9/11 memorial museum. donated by chub. the insurance agency that played a claim on the flag.

the flag is, in fact, priceless. reporter: and the original owner. shirley b. dreyfuss. on that day the flag was removed from her and her husband's boat. the star of america.

and hoisted into history. it's the icon of the century. it belongs to the american people. reporter: a symbol of resilience, of freedom back on the grounds where it first flew into our memory.

vanessa murdoch, cbs2 news. back out live to lower manhattan as families of 9/11 victims continue to gather. we are minutes away from the 15th anniversary commemoration it is a time to mourn and remember and also a time to ensure loved ones' memories and

legacies live on. the 9/11 museum for the first time since it opened two years ago, the museum at the world trade center is adding a new exhibit. the addition coincides with today's 15th anniversary. cbs2's lou young is in lower

manhattan with more on the new exhibit. reporter: the new temporary exhibit will open to the public september 12. the space just off the cavernous interior of the 9/11 museum's great hall. a display less literal.

more visceral. art inspired by the disaster. rendering the unthinkable. if you have been here before, you can say, well, i have done that. you can come back and see the new presentation, and maybe in coming back you will see other

things through a new lens, as well. reporter: the artists are all new yorkers who witnessed or were touched by 9/11. phil stanton and two other members of blue man group collected the charred pieces of paper that flooded down on

their brooklyn rehearsal space. they produced exhibit 13. they were diary entries. they were letters of employment. they represented people's lives. to us they kind of represent spirits or souls, you know,

floating in space. reporter: it's never been easy to come down here. it seems bearable. the passage of time allowing us to think about some things that before were too painful. for sculpter eric, the image of people falling from the towers

was seared into his memory. he gave his tumbling woman a feeling of lateral movement, of struggle. part of the reason for having one of the arms of the figure sticking out was the hope that people would reach out and grab that.

would hold on to it. would maybe try to slow it down or connect in some ways. reporter: another piece has a tile for every life lost that day. each one an individual image. together parts after larger whole.

others feature empty skies. 13 works of all. windows into the soul of fellow travelers. a few years ago to have interpretative art in the 9/11 museum would have been unthinkable because it was all about the literal event that

took place there. but time has passed and now that museum is becoming more like every other museum in new york. trying to explain what happened and look at it through different lenses. some of the future exhibits

might include examinations of military duty. people who were driven to military duty by 9/11 and the implications of endless warfare and when the war on terror comes to an end. when does peace return, if that's even possible.

so those would be exhibits coming in the future. and we slowly move on from it recedes a little bit more every year, but still very large in our present here in 2016. live in lower manhattan, lou young, cbs2 news.

thank you. now, we at cbs2 would like to extend a special word to the families of isaias rivera and robert paterson lost on 9/11. isaiah was a cbs engineer. robert was also a broadcast engineer who worked there. both men were on the 110th

floor of one world trade at the time of the attacks. the friends at cbs2 send our heartfelt condolences to the families. manhattan. the honor guard will enter and the national anthem will be performed.

once the ceremony begins, the names of every victim will be read by family members. there will also be six moments of silence to signify when the planes struck and when the as we continue to look at the color guard marching into the site.

a number of people have gathered at that site. we saw just earlier the presidential candidates, donald trump and hillary clinton, are at the site also. former mayor rudy giuliani. former mayor michael bloomberg, as well as the governors of new

york and new jersey. it's such a solemn time for so many people. we are going to take a little break right now just to listen and watch as the flag comes in. ♪o say can you see by the dawn's early light what so proudly we hailed at the

twilight's last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag still there o say does that

star spangled banner yet wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave ♪. [ cheers and applause ]. ♪ the brave! ♪ [bagpipes playing] [ bell ringing ] my dad vincent diamadio worked

in the north tower. remembering back to the horrible day 15 years ago that changed my life. i was ten years old. my brothers were 8, 7, and 5. today i'm proud to be here to he memorialize my father. christmas my dad and mothers

took my mom to work to give my brother a break. on 9/11 the nation came together. people really tried to help us. i spent endless summer at a camp for kids who lost family members on 9/11. the counselors helped us to law

and have fun. this time i got to be the one who kade for kids who they needed it from sandy hook. they lift immediate up and made me know i wanted to give back as much as i can. sometimes the bad things that happen in our lives put us on

the path to where we should be going, to help others as many have helped me. p.s., i love you, dad. [ applause ] and now as we remember all those we loved and lost, their families and friends will once again read each person's name.

godden aarp mott jr. edelmiro abad. marie rose baud. drew abate. vincent abate. lawrence christopher abbel. alona abraham. william abramson. richard aceto, heinrich

ackerman. paul acquaviva. christian adams. donald laroy adams. patrick adams. shannon lewis adams. stephen george adams. ignatius udoadanga, christie a.addamo.

karen adderly jr. sophia baddo. lee adler. daniel thomas afflitto. emmanuel akwasi afuakwah. alok agarwal. mukul, agarwala. joseph agnello. david scott agnes. joao aguiar.

brian g.ahe arn. jeremiah jeff he is ahern. joanne marie ahladiotis. shabbir ahmed. terrence andre aiken. godwin o.ajala. trudi, m.alagero. andrew alameno. margaret ann alario.

gary m.abero. john leslie albert. peter craig alderman. jack and my father walter a.matuza jr. we miss, you dad. we love you. jesse is graduating college this year. boo-hoo.

mikko and his girlfriend are doing good. he should be doing good soon. jesse's doing good in baseball. we wish you were here to watch him every day. we know you are up there watching him. wish you were here taking us

fishing all the time. love you. miss you. keep it good. mommy is doing great, as well. and my father james m.garenburg. go blue. jacqueline delaine aldridge

frederick. david d. alger, earnest alikakos. edward l.allegretto. eric allen. joseph ryan allen. richard dennis allen. richard l. allen. christopher e. aling ham.

ana s.w. allyson. janet marie alonso. anthony alvardo. antonio javier alvarez. victoria alvarez-brito. telmoe.alvear. caesar amoranto al investigator.

tariq amanullah. angelo amaranto. james amato. joseph amatuccio. paul ambrose. christopher amoroso. craig scott amundson. kazuihiro anai. calixto anaya.

joseph a nchundir. kermit anderson. yvette anderson. john andreacchio. michael andrews. jean andrukki. siew-nyy ang. joseph angelina. doreen angrisani.

lorraine antigu. and my father james r.ostraski. and my dad michael jacobs. whose grandchildren mia, gretchen, bryce, william, riley. he will never get a chance to meet. we love you, dad.

peter paul apollo. faustino apostol jr. frank thomas acupuncturelino. patrick michael aranyos. david gregory arce. michael george arczynski. louis arena. barbara arestegui. adam arias.

michael armstrong. jack charles aron. joshua todd aron. richard avery aronow. myra joy aronson. japhet jesse ary e. carl francis asaro. michael a.asciak. michael edward asher.

janice marie ashley. thomas j. ashton. manual o.asitimbaj. gregg a. atlas. gerald at wood. james audiffred. louis avarsano. ezra al viles. sandy ayala.

arlene babak itis. eustace bac chus. john badagliacca. jane baeszler. robert baierwalter. drew bailey. brett bailey. garnett bailey. tatyana bakalinskaya.

michael baksh. sharon balkcom. today i stand proud now able to read the name of my hero. every day i try my very best to make you proud. i know you are always watching over me until we meet again. wow, jim.

i can't believe it's been 15 years. sometimes it feels like yesterday. others, an eternity. you know i'm really at a loss for words and people who know that, mean that. since you died 15 years ago,

there has been a void left in our family no amount of time has healed. until we meet again one day. injureddard baptiste. walter baran. gerard a. barbara. paul vincent barbaroe. james william barbella.

victor daniel barbosa. kristine johnna barbuto. colleen ann barkow. david michael bark away. matthew barnes. melissa barnes. sheila patricia barnes. evan jay baron. rene barrett-arjune.

arthur thaddeus barry. diane g. barry. maurice vincent barry. scott d. bart. carlton w. bartels. guy b arzvi. innab.basina. alysia sis christine basmajian. kenneth william basnicki.

steven joseph baits. paul james battaglia. w. david bauer. ivhan luis carpio bautista. marlin bautista. mark lawens bavis. jasper baxter. lorraine g. bay. michelle beale.

todd m. beimer. paul frederick beatini. jane s. beatty. alan anthony beaven. lawrence beck. manette beckles. carl bedigian. my husband ian schneider. there isn't a day that goes by

that we don't think about you, talk about you, or laugh about you. you always had us laughing. rachel, jake, and sophie have grown to be amazing young adults. i know how proud you would be. we love you, miss you, and you

will forever be in our hearts as well as the thousands of other hearts that you have touched. yo, dude. and my father who i know is always with me glen wall. [ applause ] maria a. bear. max j.beilke.

yelena belilovkky. nina patrice bell. debbie s.bellows. stephen elliott belson. paul m.benedetti. denise benedetto. brian craig bennett. eric l. bennett. oliver ben fet.

margaret l. benson. dominic j.berardi. james patrick berger. steven howard berger. john p.bergin. alvin bergsohn. daniel david bergstein. graham andrew berkeley. michael j. berkeley.

donna m.bernaerts. david w. bernard. william h. bern teen. david m.berray. david shelby berry. joseph john berry. william reid bethke. yeneneh betru. timothy b. berlie.

carolyn may er beug. edward frank beyea. paul michael beyer. anil bharvaney. bell bhukhan. shimmyd.biegeleisen. peter bieifeld. william biggart. brian bil cher.

my loving cousin, who hasn't been down here, but we love you and we miss you every day. and my brother james brian jim, we love you. we miss you. we thank you for all of the great times that we shared. you truly were a shining star

in our family. we just miss you every day. we are so proud of all that you accomplished and you are such an inspiration to all of us and always will be. gary eugene bird. joshua david birnbaum. george john bishop.

kris romeo bishundat. jeffrey donald bittner. albert balewa blackman jr. christopher joseph blackwell. carrie rosetta blagburn. susan leigh blair. harry blandin jr. janice lee blaney. craig michael blass.

rita blau. richard middleton blood jr. michael andrew boccardi. john paul bocchi. michael l.bocchino. susan m.bochino. deora frances bodley. bruce douglas boehm. mary kathryn murphy.

nicholas drew bogdan. lawrence francis boisseau. vincent m. boland jr. touri bolourchi. alan bondarenko. andre bo? heur. colin arthur bonnet. frank bonomo.

yvonne bonomo. sean booker senior. canfield d. boone. mary jane booth. sheree ann bordeaux. krystine bordenabe. jerry j. boring. martin michael boryczewski. richard edward bosco.

my uncle francisco. we miss him so much. i know you are watching over. our first responder and all, you will never be forgotten. and my father francisco bordier. i love you, papi, and we miss you and i know you are watching

over us. my husband howard [ inaudible ] worked on the 103rd floor of the world trade center. 15 years is a long time, and a short time ago. those of us who have lost our loved ones to violence form a kind of group.

we know the shock and grief and anger that follows. the heartache that won't heal. i have learned, too, that that connection can also bring us comfort. my daughter and i are jewish, and a few years ago we went to speak to a muslim family in

jordan. they lost their oldest son in a terrorist attack. as we all tightly held each other's hands, we knew, we understood each other's loss. the things we think separate us really don't. we're all a part of this one

earth in this vast universe. we're all ordinary and we're all special. we're all connected. we waste precious time by thinking otherwise. my husband was -- my husband -- sorry. my husband was an

astrophysicist, and i used to call him my star polisher. this poem always makes me think of him. somebody has to go polish the stars. they're looking at little bit dull. somebody that toss go polish

the -- somebody has to go polish the stars, for the eagles and starlings and gulls have all been complaining they are tarnished and worn. they say they want new ones. we cannot afford. so please get your rags and your polishing jars.

klaus bota. carol mar rebouchard. j. howard boulton. francisco eligio bourdier. thomas harold bowden. donna m.bowen. kimberly s. bowers. veronique nicole bowers. larry boman.

sean he had bowman jr. kevin bowser. gary r. box. gennady boyarsky. pamela boyce. allen boyle. michael boyle. alfred braca. sandra brace.

kevin hue bracken. david brian brady. sandy waugh bradshaw. nicholas w. brandearti. daniel brandhorst. david brandhorst. michelle rene bratton. praising russian trees braut. ronald michael breitweiser.

lidia estell bravo. peter brennan. michael e. brennan. daniel j.brethel. thomas moore brennan. jonathan eric briley. gary lee bright. paul gary bristow. mark a.brisman.

and my husband, joseph john barry. i will always love you and miss you, as do your children, their spouses, your eight beautiful grandchildren, your family and i mean, and all your friends. we carry your heart in our hearts, joe.

today my daughter, brook alexandra jackman, cook we remember and honor all those lost and salute all those who keep us safe. my brook, brookie cookie, the brook ster, we have missed you so much over these past 15 you were only 23 years old.

you never got to meet your nieces and cousins, but we tell them about how kind, compassionate, and beautiful young woman that you were. i hope you know that you are always in our hearts. we will always love you. and don't forget to take care

of daddy. [ applause ] . mark francis broad rick. keith a. broomfield. bernard c. brown sicken. janice brown. fdny captain patrick john braun. bettinab.

brown rad burn. mark bruce. richard bruehert. andrew brunn. vincent edward brunton. fire marshal mark booker. brandon j. buchanan. firefighter greg j. buck. dennis buckley.

nancy claire boucher. patrick joseph bucca. steven bruce. christopher lberford. thomas daniel burke. william francis burke jr. charles f burlingame iii. tom exist e. jr. fdny assistant chief donald g. burns.

keith james burns. john patrick burns. irina bus low. firefighter thomas m. butler. patrick dennis burn. timothy g. burn. daniel m.caballery. jesus cabezas. lillian caceres.

brian cachia. steven cafiero. and my brother joseph patrick henry, ladder 21. joseph, we love you. just knowing you are up there protecting me and watching over us gives our family strength every day.

this past week we lost a friend and fdny brother jimmy dunn, and it's comforting know that when jimmy went home, joey was there to greet him and jimmy coyle and all the fdny brothers were there to greet him. we miss you so much. and my brother.

he loved the lord. he loved the church. he deeply loved his family. he always -- his beautiful spirit always enrich us. richard michael caggiano. cecile caguicla. john brett cahill. michael john cahill.

scott walter cahill. thomas joseph cahill. george c.cain. salvatore b.calabro. joseph m.calandrillo. phillip calcagno. edward calderon. jose o. called ron. dominic e.calia.

felix bobby calixte. francis joseph hall han. liam callahan. suzanne m.calley. geno calvi. roko camaj. michael f.cammarata. david campbell. jeffrey thomas campbell.

robert campbell. sandra patricia campbell. sean thomas canvan. john candell a. john candell a, vincent cangelosi. steven cangialosi. lisa cannava. brian cannizzaro. michael canty.

luis caporicci. jose man kel cardona. dennis m. carrie senior. edward carlino. michael scott carlo. and my father alfred anton vicosa. dad, the whole family misses it's been 15 years this year.

i am applying to college. i know i'll make you proud. and my uncle firefighter i let you know we miss you i will let you know what the mets do this year. david g.carlon. rosemary c. carlson. mark stephen carney.

joyce ann carpeneto. jeremy carrington. michael carroll. peter fill. james joseph carson jr. chris christie fer carstanjen. angelene carter. james cartier. sharon carver.

vivian casalduy. john francis casazza. paul raegan cascio. nelly casey. women joseph crashman. thomas casoria. william cas par. alejandro castano. a richard g. catrelli.

christopher sean caton. robert john caufield. mary teresa caulfield. michael joseph cawley. jason david cayne. juan armando ceballos. mars yeah cecil-carter. jason michael cefalu. thomas joseph celic.

ana mercedes centeno. joanie cesta. and my uncle who we love and miss dearly james deblaze. panned my father steven lewis roach. i love you, dad. william a.chalcoff. rosa maria chapa.

mark lawrence charette. david m.charlebois. legaro chavez. pedro francisco checo. douglas mack milan cherry. subpoena patrick cherry. vernon paul cherry. nester julio chevalier. swede joseph chevalier.

alexander h.chiang. dorothy j. you had chiarchiaro. nicholas paul chiofalo. john g.chipura. peter a.chirchirillo. kathryn ellen chirls. kyung casey cho. abul choudhury. mohammed choudhury.

kristin christophe. pamela chu. steven paul chucknick. wai chung. christopher ciafardini. alex ciccone. frances ann cilente. elaine cillo. patricia massari.

he had that cintron. and my uncle robert d. mattison. and my uncle steven frank macy. [ applause ] gregly alan clark. manny leroy clark. saram.

thomas r. clark. christopher robert clarke. donna marie clarke. michael j.c larke. sur ia clarke. james d.cl e re. jeffrey w. cloud. susan marie clyne. steven coakley.

jeffrey alan coale. patricia a. cody. daniel michael coffey. jason matthew coffey. florence g. cohen. kevin s. cohen. anthony joseph coladonato. mark joseph colaio. stephen j.colaio.

christopher michael colasanti. kevin nathaniel colbert. michelle p. colbert. keith e. coleman. scott thomas coleman. tarel coleman. liam joseph col hour by hour oun. robert d. colin.

robert j.coll. jeanmarie colin. john michael collins. michael l. collins. thomas joseph collins. joseph kent collison. jeffrey dwayne colman. linda m. colon. sole.

colon. and my brother joseph francis sasidoti. many who know my brother called him joe sass. my mother called him joe heart because he was her heart and he became the heart of the family. and even though it's been 15

years, the pain and the loss have not diminished. and he has given us so much. he was a loving brother, father, husband, nephew, uncle, cousin, and friend. and we're just so happy we had so many good times with him. and we'll never forget his

smile. his trademark smile that will light up the night sky. and my brother joseph francis holland whom we miss today as much as we did 15 years ago. life will never be the same without you.

until we meet again, i will carry you in my heart. ronald edward calmer. albert conde. denise connolly. susan p. conlon. margaret mary connor. cynthia marie lise connolly. john e. connolly jr. james lee

connor. jonathan m. connors. kevin patrick connors. kevin f. conroy. brenda e. conway. dennis michael cook. helen d. cook. jeffrey w. coombs. john a. cooper.

julian t. cooper. joseph john coppo jr. gerard j. coppola. joseph albert corbett. john j. corcoran iii. alejandro cordero. robert joseph cordice. ruben d.correa. danny a.correa-gutierrez.

georgine corrigan. james j. corrigan. carlos cortez rodriguez. kevin michael cosgrove. dor lois marie costa. dugna alexandra costanza. charles gregory costello jr. michael s. costello. asia s.cottom.

con rolled kof is pois cottoy senior. martin john coughlan. john g. coughlin. timothy j. coughlin. james e. cove. and my uncle michael tedonio. we love and miss you every day. i am sure daniel wishes you

were there to walk her down the aisle next september. my husband jeff levine. not a day goes by we don't miss you and love you. your legacy lives on through our grandchildren. one of whom was born on your birthday.

andre colin cox. frederick john cox. kenneth john bis. james raymond coyle. eric a. cranford. christopher seton kramer. james leslie crawford jr. denise elizabeth crant. tara kathleen creamer.

robert james crawford. lucia crifasi. joanne mary cregan. daniel hall crissman. john a. crissy. kevin rcrotty. dennis a. cross. john r.crowe. thomas g.crotty.

robert l.cruikshank. john robert cruz. grace cua. francesco cruz kubero. thelma cuccinello. richard joseph cudina. neil james cudmore. thomas patrick cullen iii. joan culli nan.

joys rose cummings. michael joseph cunningham. robert curatolo. laurence damien curia. paul dario curioli. patrick joseph currivan. beverly curry. andrew peter charles curry green.

michael seancurtin. my brother fdny rescue 3 who sacrificed his life along with all of the other first responders who lost their lives in service of others. your families love and miss today we honor your memory and your life and the lives of all

who lost that day. and my sister maria lavash. it's been 15 years since i have seen that beautiful face and that funny smile. i know you're my guardian angel. please take care of mommy and daddy now.

and i wrote you this little poem. death leaves a heartache no one could heal. love leaves a memory no one could steal. rest in peace, maria. gavin cushing. carlos s. day cost a. jason

m. dahl. brian paul dale. john delara. vincent gerard d 'amadeo. thomas a.damaskinos. jack l. dam -- d 'ambrosi jr. jeanine jones. manuel damota. patrick danahy.

mary dan tone know. elizabeth m. darling. annette andrea dataram. edward a.d 'atri. michael d.d 'auria. lawrence davidson. michael davidson. scott matthew davidson. titus davidson.

niurka davila. adam. davis. clinton davis senior. wayne terrial davis. anthony richard dawson. calvin dawson. edward james day. william thomas dean.

robert j. deangelis jr. thomas patrick deangelis. dorothy alma de araujo. a na gloria pocasangre debarrea. tara debek. james debeuneure. ana debin. james deblase.

and my amazing brother john catsimatitas. [speaking in foreign language]. johnny boy, we miss you, baby. and my uncle clement a. fernando. uncle klemm, i believe the most

heartbreaking good-byes is when a person hasn't finish that is right story. yours certainly wasn't finished. we miss you and keep an eye on your sister. paul decola. gerald f. deconto.

jay christopher defeo. jennifer dejesus. mo'nique effy dejesus. nereid a-day jesus. e mi dela pena. donald delapenha. veto joseph day leo. danielle anne delie. joseph della pietra.

pal mean a delligatti. colleen ann deloughery. joseph deluca. manuel delvalle. francis albert day martini. anthony demas. martin n. day meo. frein sis deming. carlos demitts.

kevin dennis. thomas francis dennis senior. jean c. depalma. jose nicholas day pena. robert john deraney. michael day rienzo. david paul day rubio. jamal desantis. andrew j.desperito.

michael jude d's esposito. cindy ann deuel. melanie luis de vere. jerry devito. robert p. devitt jr. den and my dilma rousseff's husband carl eugene malonaro. ladder company two. carl i have tried to live my

life the way you would have wanted me to. our lives have never been the same without you, especially our annual christmas day football game. carl, sebrina, your children, jodi, my daughter have definitely helped fill some of

that void. i miss having you as a big brother and playing whiffleball games against you, even though you beat me our last game. there is not a day that goes by that i don't think of you. and my mother francis harros.

to my mother and to all our family members who perished this day 15 years ago we deeply miss you still. but we can also rejoice and loudly sing hello from the other side. and to our heavenly creator we pray, dear god, that you

inspire our world's spiritual and political leaders towards peace and ask that you guide america's next commander in chief and help make america safe once again. we ask this in the name of jesus the christ, amen. dennis lawrence develin.

gerard p.dewan. sul emanali dhanani. michael deagostino. mansy diaz. matthew diaz. obdulio diaz. michael a. diaz-piedra iii. judith diaz-sierra. patricia flores di chiaro.

rodney dickens jerry d. dickerson. joseph dermot dickey jr. lawrence patrick dickinson. michael d.diehl. john difato. vincent francis difazio. karl-anthony defranco. donald joseph difranco.

john digiovanni. eddie a. dillard. deborah ann di martino. david dimeglio. stephen patrick dimino. william john dimmling. marisa denardo sharp. christopher more dincuff. jeffrey mark dingle.

rena sam dinnoo. anthony dionisio. george dipasquale. joseph di pilato. douglas distefano. john joseph doherty. melissa candida doi. brendan dolan. robert e. dolan jr. and my

grandfather edward mozella jr. and my brother alfred russell maeler. mom, dad, and all the family miss you, al. but your memory lives on. not only in your son's alfred and jack, but with all those that you have touched.

you truly were larger than life. miss you lots, brother. ♪[ music ] ♪♪ ♪ may god bless and keep you always may your wishes all come true may you always do for others and let others do for you may you build a ladder to

the stars climb on every rung may you stay forever young ♪ may you grow up to be righteous may you grow up to be true may you always know the truth and see the lights surrounding you may you always be courageous stand upright and be strong and may you stay forever young,

forever young, forever young may you stay forever young may your hands always be busy may your feet always be swift may you have a strong foundation when the ones of changes shift, may your heart always be joyful, may your song always be sung, and may you stay forever

young. forever young, forever may you stay forever young, may you stay forever young. ♪. [ music playing ]. neil matthew. james dimonoco. alberto dominguez. carlos dominguez.

jerome mark patrick dominguez. kevin w. donnelly. jacqueline donovan. william h. donovan. stephen scott dorf. thomas dowd. kevin christopher dowdell. mary yolanda dowling. raymond matthew downey sr.

frank joseph doyle. joseph michael doyle. randall l. drake. patrick joseph driscoll. stephen patrick driscoll. charles a.droz iii. mirnaa. duarte. luke a. dudek.

christopher michael duffey. gerard j. duffey. michael joseph duffey. thomas w. duffey. antoinette duggar. jacksy duggan. sareve dukat. patrick dunn. felicia gail dunn-jones.

christopher joseph dunne. richard anthony dunstan. patrick thomas dwyer. joseph anthony eacobacci. john bruce eagleson. edward t. earhart. robert doing doinglis eaton. dean phillip eberling. pa.

margaret my aunt, we love you, we miss you, and we think of you every day. i hope you are proud of us all. and my father craig douglas fontano. you will forever be on our minds and in our hearts. paul robert eckna.

con stand even economs. barbara g. edwards. dennis michael edwards. michael edwards. kristine egan. lisa erin egan. martin j. egan junior. michael egan. samantha martin egan.

carroll eggert. lisa caren ehrlich. john ernst eichler. eric adam eisenberg. daphne ferlinda elder. michael j. elferis. mark joseph ellis. valley silver ellis. albert alfy william elmarry.

robert l.elseth. edgar hendricks emery jr. doris suk-yuen eng. christopher epps. ulf ramm ericson. erwin erber. william john erwin. sarah escarcega. jose espinal.

fanny espinosa. billy scoop esposito. bridgette esposito. francis esposito. michael a. esposito. ruben esquilin jr. sadie ette. barbara etzold. eric bryan evans.

robert edward evans. meredith emily june ewart. kathryn k. fagan. at my father jack l. di ambrosi junior. i know you are watching over us i speak for our family and friends that we love and miss you every single day.

and my father james patrick berger. in the words of your favorite musician bruce springsteen, everything is everything, but you're missing. and we'll never forget your heroic actions on that tragic patricia mary fagan.

ivan k fairbanks-barbosa. keith george fairben. sandra fajardo-smith. st. charles s. falken berg. dana falkenberg. jamie l. fallon. william f. fallon. william lawrence fallon.. jr.

anthony j.fallone jr. dolores bridgette fanelli. robert john fangman. john joseph fanning. kathleen ann faragher. thomas james farino. nancy c.doloszykki farley. paige marie farley-hackel. elizabeth ann farmer.

douglas jon farnham. john gerard farrell. john w. farrell. terrence patrick farrell. joseph d.farrelly. thomas patrick farrelly. syed abdul fatha. christopher edward faughnan. wendy r. faulkner.

shannon marie fava. bernard d.favuzza. robert fazio jr. ronald carl fazio sr. william m. feehan. francis jude feeley. garth erin feeney. sean bernard fegan. lee s.fehling.

peter adam feidelberg. alan d. feinberg. rosa maria feliciano. my brother timothy e. riley. may your life and spirit continue to shine on us. and my brother-in-law, my brother, my buddy, dr. lee alan adler.

we miss you and love you always, lee. edward p. felt. edward thomas fergus jr. george j. ferguson iii. j. joseph ferguson. henry fernandez. judy hazel santillan fernandez.

julio fernandez. elisa giselle ferraina. anne marie ferreira. robert john ferris. david francis ferrugio. louis v.fersini jr. michael david ferugio. bradley james fethcet. jennifer luis fialko.

kristin nicole fiedel. amelia fields. samuel fields. alexander milan filipov. michael bradley finnegan. timothy j. finnerty. michael c. fiori. stephen j.fiorelli. paul m. fiori.

john b.fiorito. john r. fischer. andrew fisher. bennett lawson fisher. gerald p. fisher. john roger fisher. thomas j. fisher. lucy a. fishman. ryan d. fitzgerald.

thomas james fitzpatrick. richard p. fitzsimmons. salvatore fiumefreddo. darlene e.flagg. wilson f.flagg. christina donovan flannelly. eileen fletch a. my brother louie anthony williams who we miss and love

dearly. i want to say that the devastation has been so deep that it took 13 years for us to come and support the memorial. but i pray to my brother and i guarantee you that this, as long as i live, someone will be here to support your memory.

god bless the whole world. and for our brother, brother- in-law, husband, father, and, joe, now grandfather of four, joseph john capo jr. joe, we miss you and love you. we're looking out for them. you keep looking out for us. andre g. fletcher.

carl m. flickinger. matthew m.flocco. john joseph florio. joseph walkden flounders. carol ann flyzik. david fodor. michael n.fodor. stephen mark fogle. thomas j. foley.

jane c. foal jer. david j. fontana. chih min foo. del rose cheatham. godwin ford. donald foreman. christopher for sixth. claudia alicia foster. noel foster.

sandra foster. ana fosteris. robert joseph foti. jeffrey fox. virginia elizabeth fox. pauline francis. virgin lucy francis. gary jay frank. morton h. frank.

peter christopher frank. colleen l.fraser. richard k.fraser. kevin j.frawley. clyde franklin. lillian frederick. andrew fredricks. at in itha free man. brett free man.

prettier freund. my late life laura lee defazio. we think of you every day. mom, dad, jeff, craig and me. imagine one day we can live at peace. maybe one day we can all live as one again.

and my father port authority police officer nathaniel webb. you are missed and loved more than you ever know. you have always been my hero, daddy, and now i get to share you with everyone. andrew keith friedman. paul j. friedman.

greg j.foehner. lisa ann frost. peter christian fry. clement a.fumando. steven elliott furman. paul james furmato. carlton douglas b. five. frederick gabeler. richard peter gabriel.

richard s. gabriel. james andrew gadiel. pamela lee gaff. ervin vincent gallon yard. deanna lynnwood galante and her unborn child. grace kathryn galante. anthony edward gallagher. daniel james gallagher.

richard patrick gallagher. lourdesj.galletti. co nogallo. vincent gallucci. thomas galvin. giovanna gambale. thomas gambino. giann gamboa. ronald gamboa.

peter ganci. michael gann. charles barr even any. drew garcia. cesar garcia. david garcia. melvin garcia. juan garcia. douglas benjamin gardner.

christopher samuel gardner. my uncle . michael, though i have not met you, i love you. my grandma and grandma miss my grandparents can't physically make it today. i love you, too. michael, you would be proud to

know you have two nephews both named after you. i love you. lar i have joseph gardner. my cousin mark, police officer mark joseph ellis, our family hero, we love and miss you jeffrey brian gardner. thomas a. gardner.

william arthur gardner. frank garfi. rocco gargano. james m. gartenberg. matthew david garvey. bruce gary. boyd alan gatton. donald richard gavagan jr. peter alan gay.

terrence d.gazzani. gary paul geidel. paul "hamilton" geier. julie m.geis. peter gerard gelinas. stephen paul geller. howard g. gelling jr. peter victor genco jr. steven gregory genovese.

alayne gentul. linda m. george. edward f.geraghty. suzanne geraty. ralph gerhart. robert ger lick. dennis p. germane. marina gertsberg. susan m.getzendanner.

lawrence d.getzfred. james g. guyer. cortez gh e. joseph m.giaccone. vincent francis giammona. debra lynnwood gibbon. james andrew giberson. brenda c. gibson. craig neil gibson.

ronnie e.gies. drew clive gilbert. and my big brother joseph michael ciaconni. he was only 43 years old. 15 years. 15 seconds. the had hurt is still there. the hole is still there.

you live on through your family. we miss you every day. and everyone tell someone you love them today. and on behalf of our entire family my brother, thomas francis swift. thomas, we love you and we miss

you with all our hearts. [ bell ringing ]. [ music playing ] timothy paul gilbert. paul stuart gilbey. paul john gill. mark y. giles. evan hunter gillette. ronald lawrence gill began.

ronnie c. gillis. laura gilley. john f.ginley. donna marie giordano. jeffrey john giordano. john giordano. stephen a. giorgetty. martin giovinazzo. kum-kum girolamo.

salvatore gitto. thin see a giugliano. mon gjonbalaj. diane gladstone. keith glasco. thomas glasser. edmund glazer. harry glen. barry glibbing.

jeremy glibbing. stephen glibbing. john t.gnazzo. william robert godshalk. michael gogliormella. brian geld berg. jeffrey goldflam. michelle goldstein. monica goldstone.

stephen ian goldstein. ronald f.golinski. andrew golkin. dennis james goals. enrique antonio gomez. hose gomez. manuel gomez. my ann sharon milan. not a day goes by that we don't

think of you. we love and miss you so much. my uncle robert frank tipaldi. builder alfredo gomez. jenine nicole gonzalez. mauricio gonzalez. rosa j. gonzalez. lynn kathryn goodchild.

calvin joseph gooding. peter morgan goodrich. harry goody. kathryn c.gorayeb. lisa gordon stein. kerene gordon. seb ash champion orki. keeran gorman. thomas edward gorman.

michael edward gould. o. kristin oster holm white gould. douglas alan gowell. yuj is pois goja. jon richard grabowski. christopher michael grady. edwin j.graf iii. david martin graifman.

gilbert franco granados. lauren grandcolas and her unborn child. elvira granitto. winston arthur grant. christopher s. gray. ian j. gray. james michael gray. tara mcdonald gray.

john m.grazioso. timothy george m.grazioso. -day-old arthur green. wade b. green. wanda anita green. elaine myra greenberg. donald freeman greene. gayler. greene.

james arthur greenleaf jr. and my beloved brother-in- law sean paul rooney. you are with your mother rosemary and my sister beverly eckert. our families miss you every we love you and we will never forget you.

may god lead us into a path of ron, my brother, i love you and miss you so much. i live my life in your spider- man it's of giving andner forgetting. love you always. ronald j. ruben. eileen marcia greenstein.

elizabeth martin gregg. denise marie gregory. donald h. gregory. florence moran gregory. pedro grehan. john michael griffin. tawana sheree griffin. joan donna griffeth. warren grifka.

ramon b.grijalvo. joseph f.grillo. david joseph grinner. francis edward grogan. linda gron -- lund. kenneth grouzalis. joseph grzelak. matthew james grzymalski. robert gsch aarp r.

liming gu. richard guadagno. jose guadalupe. cindy guan. jeffrey guja. joseph gullickson. bab eat a guman. douglas gurian. janet gustafson.

phillip gaza. barbara guzzardo. peter mark gyulavary. gary h aarp g. anderia lyn haberman. nezama.hafiz. karen elizabeth haggerty. stephen michael hagis. mary lou hague.

david halderman. in memory of my aunt susan huoy. and my beautiful zany generous forgiving encouraging hard working friendly unconditionally loving mother ruth sheila lipen. he made this world a brighter

place in the 53 years that she lived, and she lives on in the hearts and memories of those whose lives she touched. she never got to meet my children, but she inspired the prayer that i say with her grandchildren before bed at night.

let us pray for our families and friends, those we have lost but not forgotten, for the sad, the sick, and the lonely, for our leaders to make wise choices, for us to choose wise leaders, for us to help each other and not hurt each other, and for peace.

amen. miley heal. diane heal-mckinzie. richard b. hall. stanley r. hall. vaswalled george hall. robert j. halligan. vincent gerard hallaran. carolyn b. hallmon.

james douglas halverson. mohammed salman ham -- danny. felicia hamilton. robert w. hamilton. carl max hammond jr. frederick k. han. christopher james hanley. seans.

hanley. valerie joan hannah. thomas paul hannafin. kevin james hannaford michael lawrence hannon. dana rey hannon. christine lee hanson. peter burton hanson. sue kim hanson.

vassiliosg.haramis. james a. harren. gerald francis hard d.c. acre. jeffrey pike hardy. t.j. har grave. daniel edward harlan. frances haros.

harvey l. harrell. steven g. harrell. melissa harrington-hughes. aisha ann harris. stewart d. harris. john patrick hart. eric hartono. johnson clinton hartz. emeriv harvey.

and my uncle norman scott rossnow. i am 15 years and three months old. though i only knew you three months, i feel like i have known you forever. i love hearing about you from stories from my family.

i am sorry i never got to see you smile, laugh, and taste your chocolate chip cookies with nuts. i am proud to call you my uncle and we will love you forever. my uncle firefighter patrick dinis burn. you will always be our ultimate

man. peter paul hashim. timothy sean haskell. joseph john hassan iii. leonard w. hatton jr. terrence s. hatton. michael helmut haub. timothy aaron haviland. donald half lisch.

anthony walk ins. nobohiro heyatsu. james edward hayden. robert jay hayes. fill int. hayes. w. ward haines. scott jordan hazelcorn. michael healy.

roberta heber. charles francis xavier easternen. john f. heffernan. michel heiden berger. sheila m.s.hein. h. joseph heller jr. joanne heltibridele. ronald john hemenway.

mark f. hemschoot. ronnie lee henderson. brian hennessey. edward r. sensy. michelle marie henrique. joseph patrick henry. william l. henry jr. katherina henry-robinson. john christopher henwood.

robert alan hepburn. mary herrens yeah. lindsey c. heckness iii. harvey robert hermer. noberto hernandez. raul hernandez. on behalf of our family, firefighter salvador ben debt owe colab row.

today for the 15th time we mourn the loss of you. we stand unite today commemorate the bravery that was displayed on one of the worst days in american history. we love and miss you dearly and your memory will live on inside of our hearts always.

today we honor and remember all who have fallen and pray for the end of violence and terrorism. may god "god bless america" . and my nana barbara a. shaw who was killed when i was just two years old and never got to meet my younger brother.

i plan on honoring her by serving our country just like my mom honors her through her cooking. we love you and we miss you. gary harold. jeffrey alan hirsch. thomas j. metsle. leon bernard hayward m.c.

sundance. brian christopher hickey. enmen'sio dario hidalgo cedeno. timothy brian higgins. robert d.w. higley i. todd russell hill. clara victorene hinds.

neal o. hinds. mark hendy. heather malia ho. tara yvette hobbs. thomas anderson hobbs. james j. hobben. robert wayne hobson iii. dajuan hodges. ronald g.hoerner.

patrick a.hoey. john a.hofer. marcia hoffman. stephen gerard hoffman. frederick joseph hoffman. malaysiale l. hoffman. judith florence hofmiller. wallace cole hogan jr. thomas warren hohlweck jr.

jonathan r.hohmann. cora hidalgo holland. john holland. joseph f. holland. jimmy i. holley. elizabeth holmes. thomas p.holohan. herbert wilson homer. leroy w. homer jr.

bradley v.hoorn. james p. hopper. month gom. and my father. dad, we are so proud of you. we miss your love. and my uncle and godfather paul jeffers. we love you and we miss you

every single day. montgomery mccullough horn. michael joseph horn. matthew douglas horning. robert l.horohoe jr. michael robert horrocks. aaron horowitz. charles j. houston. uhurug.

houston. angela m.houtz. george gerard howard. brady cahowle. michael c. howell. steven leon howell. jennifer l. howley. milagros hromada. marion r.hrycak.

steven huczko. kris robert hughes. paul rexford hughes. robert t. hughes jr. thomas f. hughes jr. timothy robert hughes. susan huie. lamar demetress hulse. john nicholas humber jr.

william christopher hunt. kathleen anne hunt-casey. joseph gerard hunter. peggy m. hurt. robert r.h uss a. stephen n.hyland. thomas edward hynes. robert j.hymel. joseph anthony eye nelly.

walter g. hermine. zuht oboist. jonathan lee ielpi. michael patrick iken. daniel ilkanayev. frederick j. ill junior. my father john patrick gallagher. dad, me and mom think about you

we will never stop loving you and missing. and my dad john joseph murray. you continue to inspire me. we love andmy you more every single day. to our family at camp better days, thank you for everything.

abraham ilowitz. anthony p. infante jr. louis s.inghiltara. christopher noble ingrassia. paul innella. stephanie veronica irby. douglas jason irgang. kristin irvine-ryan. todd antione isaac.

erik space hans isbrandtsen. taizo ishikaws. wal e d joseph iskander. ar amiskende recep erdogan ian. joseph iskyan. kazushige ito. alexander i'vetsov. laci ivory.

aerial lupus jacobs. jason kyle jacobs. michael g. jacobs. stephen a. jacobson. steven d. joy kobe. jake dennis jagoda. yudhvirs.jain. maria jakubiak. robert jaleel wadood bert.

earnest james. gricelda james. mark steven jardim. amy nicole jarrett. francois john pierre. maxime a john pierre. paul edward jeffers. john charles jenkins. and my uncle donald walter

robertson jr. we love and miss you so much. your memory is kept alive not just today, but every single thank you for being our inspiration. until we meet again. peter alexander beetle -- feld. 15 years ago you were being

checked out by doctors in brooklyn for injuries you sustained in a fire earlier. without hesitation you came to manhattan, borrowed some gear from a fellow firefighter in ladder 10 and climbed the towers to try to save lives. your strength, dedication, and

courage are examples that will live on in us forever. joseph jenkins jr. alan keith jensen. farrah judy. elizeer jimenez jr. luis gym neshannock jr. charles gregory john. nicholas john.

dennis m. johnson. lashawna johnson. scott michael johnson. william r. johnston. allyson horseman jones. arthur joseph jones iii. brian leander jones. charles edward jones. christopher c. jones.

donald t. jones i. donald w. jones. judith lawter jones. linda jones. mary s. jones. andrew brian jordan sr. robert thomas jordan. albert gunis joseph. ingeborg joseph.

carl henry joseph. stephen joseph. jane eileen josiah. anthony jovic. angel l.juarbe. karen sue juday. michael f. judge. paul william jurgens. thomas edward jurgens.

gavkharoy kamardinova. shary camden. my brother daniel w. song. it's a reminder that those who have attacked us have been defeated by their late rid and brave men and women who serve you had our country, but by the enduring love that shines down

on us from those being remembered today. and for my brother chris, whenever you wore a ridiculous shirt such as the one i'm sporting, we didn't know whether to laugh or to cry. today we will do both.

your memory and spirit live on through your family, your friends, your four siblings, your three nephews, and your two nieces. especially our two sons, jack christopher and matthew, who play, who fight, and who wrestle just like you and i

did. no one should ever have to say good-bye to a younger brother, especially at 23. i'm sorry i never got to say good-bye, bro. howard lee kane. jennifer lynn kane. vincent d.kane.

joon koo kang. sheldon robert cantor. deborah h. kaplan. robin lynn kaplan. alvin peter kvapilman jr. charles h.karczewski. williams a. carnes. douglas gene karpiloff. charles l. casper.

andrew k.kates. 15 years ago at this exact moment the north tower collapsed and my world collapsed with it. my brother jimmy quinn was killed in the north tower. he worked for canner fitzgerald.

he was only 23 years old. jimmy loved me. he loved us. he loved my family. he loved new york city. i loved his beloved new york mets. he loved this country. he loved life.

personally, i wanted to do something about that. i wanted to serve my country. so i joined the army. i served two tours in iraq and one tour in afghanistan. today i dedicated my life to serving military veterans through an organization called

team red, white, and blue. looking back, it was hard to get through those weeks following 9/11, but an important part of me misses those days because as a country we were never more united. we were never more inspired. i know in our current political

environment it may feel that we're divided. don't believe it. on this anniversary, on september 11th, for one day, just one day shut off your television. power down your phone. go outside.

say hello to your neighbor. volunteer. engage with your community. do not sit on the sidelines. be the inspiration we so desperately crave. be the connection we all desperately need, and then tomorrow, by dawn's early

light, wake up, put one foot in front of the other, and do it again. be the unity this world needs.