New Yorkers are gathering today to mark the 25th anniversary of 9/11 at memorial sites and other locations across the state.

In the Lower Hudson Valley, local officials and community leaders will be joined by others at events in the villages, towns and cities across the region that is home to so many families, responders and survivors directly impacted by the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.

Rockland County's 9/11 memorial ceremony will be at 8:15 a.m. Friday, Sept. 11, at the county's 9/11 memorial, Haverstraw Bay Park, 2 Gagan Road. Westchester County's 9/11 memorial ceremony will be at 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11, at Kensico Dam Plaza, 1 Bronx River Parkway, Valhalla.

The Journal News and USA TODAY Network are covering those county events and others in New York with reporters and photo journalists.

The 9/11 Memorial Museum, at the World Trade Center site, photographed July 31, 2026. The museum is adjacent to One World Trade Center and the Memorial Plaza and Reflecting Pools. (Seth Harrison/The Journal News)
The 9/11 Memorial Museum, at the World Trade Center site, photographed July 31, 2026. The museum is adjacent to One World Trade Center and the Memorial Plaza and Reflecting Pools. (Seth Harrison/The Journal News)
Visitors to the National September 11 Memorial Museum walk past an art installation named "Trying to Remember the Color of the Sky on That September Morning." May 6, 2026. The poem in the center of the wall was made from steel salvaged from Ground Zero. (Seth Harrison/The Journal News)
Visitors to the National September 11 Memorial Museum walk past an art installation named "Trying to Remember the Color of the Sky on That September Morning." May 6, 2026. The poem in the center of the wall was made from steel salvaged from Ground Zero. (Seth Harrison/The Journal News)
Visitors look a destroyed FDNY ladder truck that is part of the permanent exhibit at the 9/11 Memorial Museum July 31, 2026. (Seth Harrison/The Journal News)
Visitors look a destroyed FDNY ladder truck that is part of the permanent exhibit at the 9/11 Memorial Museum July 31, 2026. (Seth Harrison/The Journal News)
Visitors to the National September 11 Memorial Museum walk through Foundation Hall, the largest room in the museum May 6, 2026. The hall features a section of the slurry wall which was part of the foundation of the Twin Towers. The hall also includes a steel column known as The Last Column. The column was the final piece of steel removed from Ground Zero in May 2002. (Seth Harrison/The Journal News)
Visitors to the National September 11 Memorial Museum walk through Foundation Hall, the largest room in the museum May 6, 2026. The hall features a section of the slurry wall which was part of the foundation of the Twin Towers. The hall also includes a steel column known as The Last Column. The column was the final piece of steel removed from Ground Zero in May 2002. (Seth Harrison/The Journal News)
Workers guide the last remaining beam as it is lifted by crane to a truck during a ceremony at the World Trade Center site Tuesday night. The beam was cut off and then covered with a black shroud and flowers on the truck. 05/28/02 (Carmen Troesser/The Journal News)
Workers guide the last remaining beam as it is lifted by crane to a truck during a ceremony at the World Trade Center site Tuesday night. The beam was cut off and then covered with a black shroud and flowers on the truck. 05/28/02 (Carmen Troesser/The Journal News)
A section of column from the South Tower of the World Trade Center on display at the 9/11 Memorial Museum July 31, 2026. The column, is referred to as “The Last Column” because the remnant was discovered still anchored in bedrock after the South Tower collapsed. It was signed by many of the first responders who worked at the site. (Seth Harrison/The Journal News)
A section of column from the South Tower of the World Trade Center on display at the 9/11 Memorial Museum July 31, 2026. The column, is referred to as “The Last Column” because the remnant was discovered still anchored in bedrock after the South Tower collapsed. It was signed by many of the first responders who worked at the site. (Seth Harrison/The Journal News)
A visitor looks at a section of column from the South Tower of the World Trade Center on display at the 9/11 Memorial Museum July 31, 2026. The column, is referred to as “The Last Column” because the remnant was discovered still anchored in bedrock after the South Tower collapsed. It was signed by many of the first responders who worked at the site. (Seth Harrison/The Journal News)
A visitor looks at a section of column from the South Tower of the World Trade Center on display at the 9/11 Memorial Museum July 31, 2026. The column, is referred to as “The Last Column” because the remnant was discovered still anchored in bedrock after the South Tower collapsed. It was signed by many of the first responders who worked at the site. (Seth Harrison/The Journal News)
Visitors to the National September 11 Memorial Museum walk past an introduction to the museum May 6, 2026. (Seth Harrison/The Journal News)
Visitors to the National September 11 Memorial Museum walk past an introduction to the museum May 6, 2026. (Seth Harrison/The Journal News)
Visitors to the National September 11 Memorial Museum look at examples of the thousands of flyers with photos of those missing that were seen in Manhattan after the Sept. 11, attacks. (Seth Harrison/The Journal News)
Visitors to the National September 11 Memorial Museum look at examples of the thousands of flyers with photos of those missing that were seen in Manhattan after the Sept. 11, attacks. (Seth Harrison/The Journal News)
Visitors to the National September 11 Memorial Museum pass by images of the Twin Towers and lower Manhattan after the towers fell after the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. (Seth Harrison/The Journal News)
Visitors to the National September 11 Memorial Museum pass by images of the Twin Towers and lower Manhattan after the towers fell after the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. (Seth Harrison/The Journal News)
Visitors to the National September 11 Memorial Museum look at large photo of lower Manhattan the morning of the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001. (Seth Harrison/The Journal News)
Visitors to the National September 11 Memorial Museum look at large photo of lower Manhattan the morning of the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001. (Seth Harrison/The Journal News)
The 9/11 Memorial Museum, at the World Trade Center site, photographed July 31, 2026. The museum is adjacent to One World Trade Center and the Memorial Plaza and Reflecting Pools. (Seth Harrison/The Journal News)
The 9/11 Memorial Museum, at the World Trade Center site, photographed July 31, 2026. The museum is adjacent to One World Trade Center and the Memorial Plaza and Reflecting Pools. (Seth Harrison/The Journal News)
The 9/11 Memorial Museum, at the World Trade Center site, photographed July 31, 2026. The museum is adjacent to One World Trade Center and the Memorial Plaza and Reflecting Pools. (Seth Harrison/The Journal News)
The 9/11 Memorial Museum, at the World Trade Center site, photographed July 31, 2026. The museum is adjacent to One World Trade Center and the Memorial Plaza and Reflecting Pools. (Seth Harrison/The Journal News)
Visitors look at an exhibit at the 9/11 Memorial Museum. July 31, 2026. (Seth Harrison/The Journal News)
Visitors look at an exhibit at the 9/11 Memorial Museum. July 31, 2026. (Seth Harrison/The Journal News)
Visitors pass a display of images showing people reacting to seeing the Twin Towers after they were struck by hijacked planes at the 9/11 Memorial Museum July 31, 2026. (Seth Harrison/The Journal News)
Visitors pass a display of images showing people reacting to seeing the Twin Towers after they were struck by hijacked planes at the 9/11 Memorial Museum July 31, 2026. (Seth Harrison/The Journal News)
Visitors pause before a display of images showing people reacting to seeing the Twin Towers after they were struck by hijacked planes at the 9/11 Memorial Museum July 31, 2026. (Seth Harrison/The Journal News)
Visitors pause before a display of images showing people reacting to seeing the Twin Towers after they were struck by hijacked planes at the 9/11 Memorial Museum July 31, 2026. (Seth Harrison/The Journal News)
Visitors pause before a display of images showing people reacting to seeing the Twin Towers after they were struck by hijacked planes at the 9/11 Memorial Museum July 31, 2026. (Seth Harrison/The Journal News)
Visitors pause before a display of images showing people reacting to seeing the Twin Towers after they were struck by hijacked planes at the 9/11 Memorial Museum July 31, 2026. (Seth Harrison/The Journal News)
Visitors pause before a display of images showing people reacting to seeing the Twin Towers after they were struck by hijacked planes at the 9/11 Memorial Museum July 31, 2026. (Seth Harrison/The Journal News)
Visitors pause before a display of images showing people reacting to seeing the Twin Towers after they were struck by hijacked planes at the 9/11 Memorial Museum July 31, 2026. (Seth Harrison/The Journal News)
An escalator, seen July 31, 2026, leads up to the ground level exit at the 9/11 Memorial. Visitors to the museum descend several levels before reaching the below ground museum exhibit. (Seth Harrison/The Journal News)
An escalator, seen July 31, 2026, leads up to the ground level exit at the 9/11 Memorial. Visitors to the museum descend several levels before reaching the below ground museum exhibit. (Seth Harrison/The Journal News)

A ceremony commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks will take place at Ground Zero in New York City starting at 8:30 a.m.

The Journal News and USA TODAY are covering the event live with photography and video.

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Nancy Cutler writes about People & Policy for lohud.com and the USA Today Network New York. Reach her at [email protected]; follow her on Twitter, Threads and Instagram at @nancyrockland.

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