NEW YORK—Sept. 11 became a day of mourning for America after terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York, 18 years ago shook the world. Every Sept. 11 since 2001, people have gathered to commemorate friends, family members, and heroes whose lives were taken on, and as a result of, that day. The Epoch Times went to what is now known as Ground Zero to meet New Yorkers and hear their stories of that fateful day.
Geraldine Sweeney: My sister-in-law called me to tell me that my brother was down here at the World Trade Center for a meeting that morning. He was the vice president with FM Global Insurance in Norwalk, Connecticut. He was just here that day for a meeting and he never came home. ... We were glued to the TV and to the telephone, waiting to get a call from him that he was OK, and that call never came, never came. ... It gets a little easier, but it never goes away, you know. Especially the fact that we’ve never recovered any of his remains. So this is almost like his final resting place. ... We’ve made a vow that we’ll come down as long as we can walk.
