Jersey City Victims Of Sept. 11 Attacks To Be Remembered Monday

JERSEY CITY, NJ — Two decades after the shocking terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, the losses of nearly 3,000 Americans are still felt, and their grandchildren are now learning about the attacks in history class.

Official sources say that approximately 2,977 people died due to the terrorist attacks on that day, and more than 2,000 others have died of illnesses related to toxic exposure.

Of those killed on that day, officials say that more than 700 were from New Jersey.

Many were young employees of the World Trade Center. One was Todd Beamer, among a group that's believed to have heroically tried to overpower the terrorists on United Flight 93.

Dozens Lost In Hudson County

Considering its location directly across from the World Trade Center, both Jersey City and Hoboken lost dozens of residents on that day, most under 40.

Jersey City will hold a ceremony on the city's waterfront early Monday morning, Sept. 11, 2023.

It will be held on the Hudson River Waterfront Walkway where it meets Grand Street at 8:30 a.m. The location is near the Exchange Place PATH and light rail stations.

"The ceremony will take place at the City’s 9/11 memorial, consisting of twisted steel beams from Ground Zero," the city noted. "On the day of the attacks in 2001, the area where the memorial now stands became a triage center where emergency responders provided aid and assistance to those who sought refuge in Jersey City. The names of the Jersey City residents who died in the terrorist attacks are forever etched on the memorial to ensure those lost on that tragic day are never forgotten."

Mayor Steven Fulop and other officials will attend. Get more information here.

Nearby, Hoboken will hold its ceremony on Pier A in the evening. Find out about that here.