9/11

A gold-plated rose from a Manhattan church memorial honoring the victims of 9/11 remains missing.

A 9/11 remembrance took place at Fire Station 1 in Downtown Long Beach where police, firefighters and neighbors honored the first responders who lost their lives on that tragic day. Mekahlo Medina reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Sept. 11, 2024.

City leaders, community members and first responders came together for a 9/11 remembrance ceremony at the LAFD training center in Elysian Park. Alex Rozier reports for the NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Sept. 11, 2024.

Walking around rows of wood, pipes and other materials, Thomas Kitahata was focused on renovating his garage until he was paged by his wife and he looked up at screens in front of the hardware store, watching as the events of Sept. 11, 2001, unfolded.

The U.S. is remembering lives taken and others reshaped by 9/11. Wednesday marks an anniversary laced with presidential campaign politics.

Being a “9/11 family” reverberates through generations, and commemorating and understanding the Sept. 11 attacks one day will be up to a world with no first-hand memory of them.