9/11 25 Years Later: Remembering the Ordinary Americans Who Died on 9/11

Mike Kelly, columnist for The Bergen Record / NorthJersey.com and author of After Ground Zero: Everyday Americans and the Unhealed Scars of 9/11 (Bloomsbury, 2026), tells the stories of ordinary Americans, including many from New Jersey, who lost their lives in the 9/11 attacks, and talks about his related reporting at home and abroad over the past 25 years.

Photo: The Tribute in Light installation is tested over lower Manhattan in New York City on September 9, 2026, as seen from the "Empty Sky" 9/11 memorial in Jersey City, New Jersey. The twin beams shine from dusk on September 11 until dawn on September 12 every year. (Jeremy Weine/Getty Images)

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