I was Governor of New York on September 11, 2001. The planes did not simply crash into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. They were hijacked and deliberately flown into those buildings by Islamist terrorists.
25 years later, I still remember the weight of those days. The families searching for answers. The empty hospital beds. The unimaginable loss. And then the responsibility we carried to make sure those we lost were honored and that New York would rise again.
Rebuilding was never
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25 years later, the pain has never left.
Thousands of lives taken. Families waiting for loved ones who would never come home. A city shattered, and Ground Zero left as a wound in the heart of New York.
All they wanted was a piece of their loved one to bring home.
After 9/11, thousands of families were left grieving, waiting for answers and praying that something, anything, could be recovered.
Meet Tara Snow Hanson, Special Assistant to Governor Pataki and Senior Program
@JCats2013 talks with former New York Governor George Pataki about the upcoming 25th anniversary of the September 11th attacks and the profound resilience displayed by New Yorkers during the subsequent recovery.
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