First responders, elected officials, and surviving family members came together on Sunday to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing by remembering those who perished in the attack.
Six New Yorkers died in the Feb. 26, 1993 attack, which changed the lives of thousands more, and set the stage for what – less than a decade later – would become the worst terrorist attack in American history.
While the terrorists did not achieve their goal of bringing down the North Tower on that snow-sprinkled day, those who lost a loved one as a result are still dealing with the trauma some three decades later.Photo by Dean MosesPhoto by Dean Moses The families gathered by the north memorial pool at the 9/11 Museum on the frigid afternoon. There, they clung to flowers and stood steadfast in the face of the blistering wind on the grim anniversary. And, although some of the younger family members huddled together Saturday were not yet born when smoke wafted out of the 100-foot crater left in the bombing’s wake, they still know the sorrow of losing a loved one all too well.
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