Thirteen years ago, as USA TODAY's Page One deputy editor, I typed those three simple words into my keyboard, as flames devoured the Pentagon, as ash-covered first responders in Manhattan clawed through rubble searching for survivors, as the world learned that Flight 93's final destination was a quiet field in Shanksville, Pa. More.

Thirteen years after a tragedy that changed the world, town officials, emergency responders and residents gathered outside the New Canaan Police Department Thursday morning to remember those who lost their lives and those who rescued others in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Dozens of people, including many emergency responders, attended the annual ceremony, which began promptly at 9:59 a.m. More.

Once again Thursday, at the ceremony marking the anniversary of the terror attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, the national anthem was sung, bells tolled and the names of the victims were read aloud one-by-one. But the long morning at Ground Zero never gets easier for Josephine Acquaviva, who read the name of her son, Paul, a Cantor Fitzgerald executive who died that day. He was 29 years old. More.

Zelfs dertien jaar na de terroristische aanslagen van 11 september in New York worden er nog slachtoffers geïdentificeerd. Het gaat veelal om botresten van mensen die omkwamen in de Twin Towers.

Susan Cossette Eng was named development director for Voices of September 11th, headquartered in New Canaan. In her new role, Eng will be responsible for partnering with Voices' leadership and volunteers to develop and execute fundraising strategies to advance the organization's work in mental health, community resiliency and long-term support services for victims' families, responders and survivors.

As college students around the U.S. head for warm ocean waves and white-sand beaches this summer, Bucknellian Devon Bruzzone will be testing water wells and getting her hands dirty in the soil of rural northern Zimbabwe.

The National September 11 Memorial Museum opened this week to outrage among some victims' families over a gift shop at the site and a black-tie reception held close to the unidentified remains of people killed in the 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.

Jonathan Best might never step inside the 9/11 Memorial Museum, which was dedicated Thursday in a ceremony led by President Barack Obama.

On Sept. 11, 2001, Best was in charge of Regional Medical Transport, one of the largest ambulance companies in New York. He lost several friends who were first responders trying to help people out of the World Trade Center towers before they collapsed. More.