Peabody To Host 9-11 Remembrance Ceremony For 25th Anniversary Of Attacks

PEABODY, MA — Peabody will hold a remembrance ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the September 11th attack on America.

The observance is scheduled for Friday at 9:30 a.m. at the Peabody Public Safety Memorial on Perkins Street, across from Emerson Park.

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The public is invited to attend the gathering, which the city said will honor the nearly 3,000 lives lost on September 11, 2001, including first responders who died in the aftermath of the attacks.

The ceremony will include remarks from city officials, a moment of silence and the traditional ringing of a bell symbolizing the "final alarm."

The bell ringing will be a tribute recognizing firefighters and first responders who have fallen in the line of duty.

"As we observe the 25th anniversary of September 11th, we stand together in solemn remembrance of those we lost and the first responders who gave everything," Peabody Mayor Bettencourt said. "Peabody remains committed to honoring their legacy and ensuring this day is never forgotten."

The event will include a moment of silence as part of the observance.

It will be one of many ceremonies across the region honoring the nearly 3,000 people who were killed and the first responders who risked, and, in many cases, later lost their lives.

On Sept. 11, 2001, 19 al-Qaida terrorists hijacked four airplanes, flying two into New York City's World Trade Center and one into the Pentagon. Passengers fought back on the fourth, United Flight 93, which crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The deadliest U.S. terror attack killed 2,977 victims.

The toll has continued to grow. Thousands of survivors, first responders and people who lived, worked or attended school near the attack sites have developed cancers and other illnesses linked to toxic exposure during the rescue, recovery and cleanup.

As is traditional, the names of the 2,977 people killed in the 9/11 attacks and six others who died in the 1993 World Trade Center attack will be read at a ceremony at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in Manhattan.

Four former presidents — Joe Biden, Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton — are expected to attend the 25th-anniversary ceremony at the National September 11 Memorial in New York City.

President Donald Trump is not expected at Ground Zero. Vice President JD Vance will represent the administration in New York.

Trump will attend the 9/11 observance at the Pentagon, where 184 people were killed when American Airlines Flight 77 was hijacked and flown into the structure.

The ceremony will be livestreamed. That evening, the annual Tribute in Light will send twin beams into the sky, accompanied this year by a one-hour national broadcast beginning at 8 p.m. Eastern on ABC, Disney+, Hulu, National Geographic and ABC News Live.

The Flight 93 National Memorial, near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, begins with an 8:30 a.m. ceremony that includes the reading of the 40 passengers’ and crew members’ names, the Bells of Remembrance, and wreath-layings timed to the four attacks.