{
  "id": 6782453,
  "title": "Photos: 9/11 Memorials",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/photos-9-11-memorials",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-11T17:09:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Atlantic",
    "slug": "the-atlantic",
    "url": "https://www.theatlantic.com/photography/2026/09/photos-911-memorials/688574/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On September 9, 2026, the Tribute in Light installation was tested along the skyline in Lower Manhattan, with people gathering to watch and capture the moment on camera. Workers at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, Jim Maroon and Victor Pedraza, were seen cleaning the reflecting pool with water brooms and vacuums as the museum prepared for the 25th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks.\n\nAcross the Atlantic, in New Jersey, a visitor adjusted an American flag among a display of nearly 3,000 flags at Pepperdine University, honoring the lives lost during the attacks. In Staten Island, a firefighter fixed a photo of a fallen first responder ahead of the FDNY's memorial service.\n\nNames of New Jersey residents who perished on 9/11 were highlighted on the Empty Sky memorial in Jersey City, alongside a young boy using a memorial candle to count the faces of fallen firefighters at the Brooklyn 9/11 Wall of Remembrance. Joan Platz, a survivor of the Pentagon attack, visited the National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial for the first time.\n\nIn London, a U.S. Marine Corps member carried a memorial wreath during a ceremony at the U.S. embassy. In Milan, 70 Italian firefighters, including seven from Aviano Air Base, climbed Milan's Torre Galfa, wearing heavy gear, to honor the 343 FDNY members killed in the World Trade Center collapse. Hamburg firefighters laid flowers at a memorial stone near the former U.S. consulate general, while members of the Civil Air Patrol in Round Rock, Texas, placed 5,000 American flags to remember the 2,977 people killed in the attacks and veterans who have died since.",
  "summary": "Remembrance and reflection, 25 years later",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}