On Sept. 11, 2001, our country changed, and thousands lost their wife, husband, sister, brother, mother, father or friend.
The 9/11 terrorist attacks killed 2,996 people and injured more than 6,000 others. Of the 2,996, 206 of them either lived in Massachusetts or were from Massachusetts.
The Massachusetts 9/11 Fund will host the state’s annual commemoration at the State House on Wednesday. The names of each victim with local ties will be read at an 8:30 a.m. ceremony .
In honor of the 23rd anniversary, here are their names. If you click a name you will read their story.