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Readers Michael C. Collins (top left), Lenore Permaul (top right), Angela Marczewski (bottom left) and Paul Hans (bottom right)

9/11 20 years later: Our readers remember

Lenore Permaul remembers her surreal walk out of Manhattan on the BQE, the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. It was morning, Sept. 11,… Read more »

Kay Canty talks about 911 and her son, Michael Canty, who was killed while working at the World Trade Center

9/11 20 years later: Mom recalls son killed in WTC; Canty family turned grief into support for community

Kay Canty has found times of peace — and spiritual reflection — during the past 20 years. One moment in… Read more »

Mourners at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum, Friday, Sept. 11, 2020.

9/11 20 years later: We remember; The Daily Gazette’s special Sept. 11 anniversary section

CAPITAL REGION – Just about all Americans in their late 20s through their late 90s will possess some memories of… Read more »

The south tower of the World Trade Center, left, begins to collapse after a terrorist attack Sept. 11, 2001.

Capital Region

9/11 20 years later: A day we will never forget

Just about all Americans in their late 20s through their late 90s will possess some memories of Sept. 11, 2001…. Read more »

Rick and Robin Van Luik

9/11 20 years later: Robin Van Luik, Niskayuna – With great sadness | Readers remember

On 9/11, my husband, Rick and I were meeting with several refugees from war zones in Africa, the Middle East… Read more »

Retired Schenectady Fire Dept. Captain Richard Nebolini stands outside SFD Engine Truck 1 in Schenectady.

9/11 20 years later: Richard Nebolini, Glenville – Our brother firefighters | Readers remember

All Americans should never forget. On Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, which was Primary Day in New York state, myself and… Read more »

Patricia Bowers of Ballston Spa stands next to her son, Gary Bowers Jr. a firefighter with the Ballston Spa Fire Department.

9/11 20 years later: Patricia Bowers, Ballston Spa – Confused, devastated … numb | Readers remember

It’s Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001. I step out on my balcony at the Hudson Valley Resort in Kerhonkson, N.Y. I… Read more »

Osama Mustafa with his wife, Aya, and children, Fuad, 5, and Julia, 2, in their home in Gloversville in August.

9/11 20 years later: Events of 9/11 had lasting impact on Muslim community – ‘I felt like an outsider all of a sudden’

Growing up in Gloversville, Osama Mustafa said, his family’s Muslim faith hardly ever came up. Around the holidays teachers would… Read more »

Paul Hans holds up the sonogram of his son, Philip, inside his home on Truax Road. The sonogram was taken in the afternoon of 9/11.

9/11 20 years later: Paul Hans, Amsterdam – Sorrow … then joy | Readers remember

I first heard about the Sept. 11 attacks while at work. A co-worker walked into my office and said a… Read more »

A boy waves to passing motorists to commemorate the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks from an overpass on Interstate 35 in Kansas Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019

9/11 20 years later: Dolores Van Detta, Mechanicville – A prayer for all | Readers remember

On Sept. 11, 2001, my family and I set out for the Fort Jackson, South Carolina, Army training base where… Read more »