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No one will give speeches at the ceremony, while bereaved family members will read out the names of all of those killed and a bell rung to mark major moments during the
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"It's concerning to me that the mayor is being treated differently simply because he is Muslim," city council member Shahana Hanif told Center, months of pollution and lingering dust ensued, causing cancers from which thousands of New Yorkers still suffer today.
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Nineteen Al-Qaeda operatives hijacked four planes on that nearly cloudless day in 2001. Two jets slammed into the World Trade Center's Twin Towers, causing the iconic 110-story buildings to collapse. A third plane struck the Pentagon, while a fourth crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, after passengers fought back. Beyond those killed on September 11, more than 9,400 other people have died from 9/11-related illnesses, according to the federal program established to provide medical care to those affected. Some 100 million Americans were not even born or are too young to remember the tragic events. Logan Miller, 32, lost his uncle during the attacks, and his grandfather to 9/11-related illness in the aftermath. "I think the next generation just can't fathom what actually transpired and how someone could be impacted by that, and so I actually find them asking more questions," he told AFP. Huge crowds are expected to gather in Lower Manhattan for the memorial service. The Secret Service has erected a security ring of and his son Hamza, who Trump said in 2019 had also been killed. Ahead of the memorial, a drone show with 2,977 lights rose above New York Harbor, one for each person killed in the attacks. (FRANCE 24 with AFP)
