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Diane Sanders Hombach stands beside the 9/11 memorial at Waters Edge Lighthouse in Glenville.

9/11 20 years later: Diane Sanders Hombach, Schenectady – Frantic while awaiting word | Readers remember

The World Trade Center was my office — 16th floor, Building 1. But I decided to stay home in Schenectady… Read more »

Carol A. Armitage outside her home in Middle Grove

9/11 20 years later: Carol A. Armitage, Middle Grove – Tragedy | Readers remember

I remember Sept. 11, 2001, very well. I was at a nursing conference at the Century House in Latham. We… Read more »

Margaret "Midge" Launsbach holds the program from her cousin Eileen Keegan Rice's services in her home. Her cousin died in the 9/11 attacks.

9/11 20 years later: Margaret ‘Midge’ Launsbach, Scotia – Love will conquer hate | Readers remember

My first cousin, Eileen Keegan Rice, 57, died in the World Trade Center. She worked for Marsh McLennan and lived… Read more »

Laura Bellinger

9/11 20 years later: Laura Bellinger, Ephratah | Readers remember

I left work early that day in order to pay off a vehicle. I always drove small, used cars because… Read more »

Exhibit shot of the World Trade Center Gallery. Photo provided by the New York State Museum.

9/11 20 years later: Local exhibits, memorials ‘make you think’

8:26 a.m. That inscription on Amsterdam’s Sept. 11 memorial reminds viewers of the minute that American Airlines Flight 11 turned… Read more »

A lone firefighter moves through piles of debris at the site of the World Trade Center in New York, Sept. 11, 2001.

9/11 20 years later: Cheryl Grzeskowiak, Clifton Park – Decades later, horrific images still fresh | Readers remember

I remember that day like it was yesterday. My son was in second grade and I had just put him… Read more »

Robert von Hasseln, Amsterdam city historian, inside his home office

9/11 20 years later: Robert H. Von Hasseln, Amsterdam – Status: Ready | Readers remember

One glance out of my Cohoes apartment window revealed an absolutely beautiful September morning. It was the perfect day for… Read more »

Amsterdam firefighter Chris Fernandez tolls a fire bell at the base of the World Trade Center memorial in Riverlink Park in Amsterdam Sept. 11, 2020

9/11 20 years later: Elected officials recount reactions on dark day

Not long after heading into the office on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Schenectady Mayor Al Jurczynski heard the… Read more »

90-year-old Tom Farnan sits at a desk in his home office in Johnstown

9/11 20 years later: Thomas J. Farnan, Johnstown – Chasing innocence | Readers remember

Initially, when the first plane hit, I thought of the military plane that hit the Empire State Building during the… Read more »

Lenore Permaul in Schenectady

9/11 20 years later: Lenore Permaul, Schenectady – Tears for the Towers

My heart is beating faster when I read of the opportunity to write my experience, of that dreadful day in… Read more »