Detroit first responders honor victims of 9/11 attacks 24 years later

Twenty-four years after the deadliest terrorist attack in American history, members of the Detroit police and fire departments gathered downtown to honor the nearly 3,000 people killed on Sept. 11, 2001.

“Though the attacks happened hundreds of miles away, the pain, the fear, and shock reached us right here in our homes and in our hearts in Detroit,” said Detroit Deputy Mayor Melia Howard.

The memory of that Tuesday morning in September changed the course of American history and still feels fresh for many, more than two decades later…

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