Political leaders, victims' families, survivors and Americans across the country are marking a quarter-century on Friday since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

All living former presidents are in Manhattan for the ceremony, along with Vice President JD Vance. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is there and is also attending other memorial events throughout the city.

The United States is marking the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on Friday, with memorials and remembrance ceremonies taking place across the country to honor the nearly 3,000 people killed in the attacks.

In New York City, the national September 11 memorial and museum’s annual commemoration ceremony got under way Friday morning. Family members of victims gathered at the 9/11 Memorial Plaza as the names of those killed in the 9/11 attacks and in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing were read aloud.

The 25th commemoration ceremony began with the first moment of silence at 8.46am, marking the moment when the first passenger plane hijacked by al-Qaida jihadists struck the North Tower of the World Trade Center. This year seven moments of silence were planned in total. These include the annual six marking the times when each of the twin towers was struck and then fell, as well as the times of the attack on the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and the crash of Flight 93 in Pennsylvania. See full story...