Virginia Remembers 9/11 Victims 20 Years After Terror Attacks

VIRGINIA — While a generation has grown up without a direct memory of the 9/11 terror attacks, anyone older than 25 in Virginia likely remembers where they were on that September day.

Americans felt a collective trauma as first one and then another plane flew into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City on Sept. 11, 2001. As the truth dawned on people watching from their TVs that America was under attack, another plane took aim at the Pentagon. A fourth was brought down in a field in Pennsylvania in a final act of heroism by passengers who realized their flight had been hijacked.

Nearly 3,000 Americans, including more than 70 from northern Virginia, were killed in the suicide attacks carried out by 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaida.

Northern Virginia residents were among the victims at the Pentagon, World Trade Center and aboard American Airlines Flight 77. On the 20th anniversary of the attacks, our state remembers and mourns:

• Craig Amundson, 28, of Fort Belvoir, VA (Pentagon) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• Col. Canfield Boone, 54, of Clifton, VA (Pentagon) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• Mary Jane "MJ" Booth, 64 of Falls Church, VA (American flight 77) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• Capt. Charles "Chic" Burlingame III, 51, of Herndon, VA (American flight 77) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• SFC Jose Orlando Calderon, 44, of Annandale, VA (Pentagon) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• SFC John J. Chada, 55 of Manassas, VA (Pentagon) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• Rosa Maria "Rosemary" Chapa, 64, of Springfield, VA (Pentagon) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• Diana Borrero de Padro, 55, of Woodbridge, VA (Pentagon) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• Eddie Dillard, 54, of Alexandria, VA (American flight 77) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• Capt. Robert Edward Dolan, 43, Alexandria, VA (Pentagon) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• LCDR Charles Droz, 52, of Springfield, VA (American flight 77) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• CDR Patrick S. Dunn, 39 of Springfield, VA (Pentagon) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• Jamie Lynn Fallon, 23, of Woodbridge, VA (Pentagon) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• Fields, Amelia Virginia, 36, of Dumfries, VA (Pentagon) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• Brenda C. Gibson, 59, of Falls Church, VA (Pentagon) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• Diane M. Hale-McKinzy, 38, of Alexandria, VA (Pentagon) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• Maj. Wallace Cole Hogan, 40, of Alexandria, VA (Pentagon) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• Brady Kay Howell, 26, Arlington, VA (Pentagon) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• LTC Stephen Neil Hyland, 45, Burke, VA (Pentagon) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• Lt. Col. Robert J. Hymel, 55, of Woodbridge, VA (Pentagon) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• SGM Lacey B. Ivory, 43, of Woodbridge, VA (Pentagon) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• Bryan Creed Jack, 48, of Alexandria, VA (American flight 77) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• Steven D. "Jake" Jacoby, 43, Alexandria, VA (American flight 77) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• Judith Jones, 53, of Woodbridge, VA (Pentagon) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• Ann Judge, 49, of Great Falls, VA (American flight 77) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• Norma Cruz Khan, 45, Reston, VA (American flight 77) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• David W. Laychak, 40, Manassas, VA (Pentagon) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• Dong Lee, 48, of Leesburg, VA (American flight 77) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• MAJ Stephen V. Long, 39, of Alexandria, VA (Pentagon) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• James Lynch, 55, of Manassas, VA (Pentagon) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• Terence M. Lynch, 49, of Alexandria, VA (Pentagon) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• Ada L. Mason, 50, Springfield, VA (Pentagon) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• LTC Dean E. Mattson, 57, of Alexandria, VA (Pentagon) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• LTG Timothy Maude, 53, of Fort Myer, VA (Pentagon) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• Robert J. Maxwell, 53, of Manassas, VA (Pentagon) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• Molly Hornberger McKenzie, 38, of Dale City, VA (Pentagon) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• Patricia E. "Patti" Mickley, 41, of Springfield, VA (Pentagon) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• Christopher Newton, 38, of Ashburn, VA (American flight 77) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• Khang Nguyen, 41, of Fairfax, VA (Pentagon) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• Barbara Olson, 45, of Great Falls, VA (American flight 77) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• MAJ Clifford L. Patterson, 33, of Alexandria, VA (Pentagon) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• Robert R. Ploger, 59, of Annandale, VA (American flight 77) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• Zandra Cooper Ploger, 48, of Annandale, VA (American flight 77) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• CAPT Jack Punches, 51, of Clifton, VA (Pentagon) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• Lisa J. Raines, 42, of Great Falls, VA (American flight 77) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• Deborah Ramsaur, 45, of Annandale, VA (Pentagon) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• Rhonda Ridge Rasmussen, 44, of Woodbridge, VA (Pentagon) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• Edward V. Rowenhorst, 32, of Lake Ridge, VA (Pentagon) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• Judy Rowlett, 44, of Woodbridge, VA (Pentagon) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• Charles E. Sabin, 54, of Burke, VA (Pentagon) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• Marjorie C. Salamone, 53, of Springfield, VA (Pentagon) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• John Sammartino, 37, of Annandale, VA (American flight 77) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• CDR Robert Allan Schlegel, 38, of Alexandria, VA (Pentagon) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• Mark E. Schurmeier, 44, McLean, VA (World Trade Center) [Legacy.com]
• Janice Scott, 46, of Springfield, VA (Pentagon) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• Michael L. Selves, 53, of Fairfax, VA (Pentagon) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• Diane M. Simmons, of Great Falls, VA (American flight 77) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• Donald Dean Simmons, 58, of Dumfries, VA (Pentagon) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• George Simmons, of Great Falls, VA (American flight 77) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• Jeff Lyal Simpson, 38, of Lake Ridge, VA (World Trade Center) [Legacy.com]
• Cheryle D. Sincock, 53, of Dale City, VA (Pentagon) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• LTC Gary F. Smith, 55, of Alexandria, VA (Pentagon) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• Norma Lang Steuerle, 54, of Alexandria, VA (American flight 77) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• SGM Larry Strickland, 52, of Woodbridge, VA (Pentagon) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• TC Kip P. Taylor, 38, of McLean, VA (Pentagon) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• Leonard Taylor, 45, of Reston, VA (American flight 77) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• Sandra Carol Taylor, 50, of Alexandria, VA (Pentagon) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• Sandra Teague, 31, of Fairfax, VA (American flight 77) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• Karl W. Teepe, 57, of Centreville, VA (Pentagon) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• Meta L. Waller, 60, of Alexandria, VA (Pentagon) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• SSG Maudlyn A. White, 38, of Ft. Belvoir, VA (Pentagon) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• Sandra Letitia White, 44, of Dumfries, VA (Pentagon) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]
• Vicki C. Yancey, 43, of Springfield, VA (American flight 77) [The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]

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All 9/11 victims were remembered at memorial services across the nation on Sept. 11 to mark the 20th anniversary of the attacks.

At the 9/11 memorial in Lower Manhattan, New York — an area known for years after the attacks as “Ground Zero” — the names of the fallen were read aloud. President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden attended, along with former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama, and former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

“Throughout the ceremony, we will observe six moments of silence, acknowledging when each of the World Trade Center towers was struck and fell and the times corresponding to the attack on the Pentagon and the crash of Flight 93,” the 9/11 Memorial & Museum wrote on its website.

Former President George W. Bush spoke at the Flight 93 memorial site near Shanksville, Pennsylvania on Saturday. It commemorates the 44 passengers and crew who fought to take back the plane, which officials feared hijackers intended to crash into the U.S. Capitol or White House.

Biden visited the site early Saturday afternoon, where he spoke privately with families of those killed in the plane crash. He will end the day with a ceremony honoring the nearly 200 Pentagon workers killed when hijackers flew a plane into the building.

Most 9/11 victims were from either New York or New Jersey, where many who lived across the Hudson River from the World Trade Center recall the horror of watching the twin towers collapse from their homes in Hoboken and Jersey City.

More than 2,700 people died at the World Trade Center alone on 9/11, including the passengers of American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175. Another 184 were killed when American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into The Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and 44 died on United Airlines Flight 93 near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.