The mayor of New York, Zohran Mamdani, pointed out this Friday, September 11, 2001 as “the darkest day in the city’s history,” and, on the 25th anniversary of the tragedy, he recalled stories of solidarity and the sacrifice of those who worked to save lives.
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In a video shared on social media, Mamdani referred to the attack carried out by Al Qaeda as “a horrendous act of terror.” “A day of immeasurable losses. 2,753 parents and children. Husbands and wives. Friends and coworkers. 2,753 universes that were lost. In an instant,” he emphasized.
The mayor of New York also had words for the thousands of victims caused afterward by illnesses derived “from the toxic air they breathed and from the months they spent working among the rubble.”
“We remember 9/11, the darkest day in our city’s history, but we also remember what so many New Yorkers did in the midst of that darkness,” he stated, highlighting the sacrifices and solidarity of New York citizens after the attack.
Mamdani remembered those who stood in line for hours to donate blood, those who opened their homes to affected people who could not return to their residences, or those who helped evacuate the Twin Towers.
“25 years later, we have a sacred obligation to those who were taken from us: just as they cared for strangers, we must live lives worthy of the sacrifices they made and build a city worthy of their bravery, a city where we run toward each other,” he stressed.
This Friday marks 25 years since the September 11, 2001 attacks, carried out by the terrorist group Al Qaeda, which marked a turning point in international politics and led to a global campaign to defeat terrorism, resulting in the invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq and the international expansion of terrorism.
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