"The immediate few hours after the World Trade Center's Twin Towers collapsed during the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, were likely the darkest in the city's history. We must never forget the nearly 3,000 people murdered in the heinous attacks 24 years ago today, and in the years that followed due to conflict and disease related to recovery work at Ground Zero."
"But it's easy to forget something else that permeated the city in the midst of the morning's despair: Hope. That hope came with the iron workers who showed up at Ground Zero to help cut through the mangled steel. The countless blood donors and volunteers who converged upon the city, looking to help in any way they could. The unfurling of American flags everywhere from apartment windows and shops, to candlelight vigils mourning the lost, to the World Trade Center site itself."
"A few days after the attacks, President George W. Bush came to Ground Zero to thank the army of first responders, workers and volunteers working on the recovery. New York did not vote for him in the previous year's presidential election, but that no longer mattered; President Bush was there representing the entire country at a time when New York needed the country the most."
The Sept. 11, 2001 attacks resulted in nearly 3,000 deaths and subsequent illness among recovery workers. The immediate aftermath combined profound despair with widespread hope shown by iron workers, blood donors, volunteers, and citizens displaying American flags. President George W. Bush visited Ground Zero days later to thank first responders and pledged substantial aid to New York. That federal assistance helped rebuild Lower Manhattan's skyline, and the recovery drew broad national support without political conditions. The phrase "Never forget" serves as a call to remember the victims and the many who sacrificed to help others.
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