9/11/01 11 Years Later

The 11th anniversary of the events of September 11, 2001 is Tuesday, a distant memory for some and still-fresh pain for others. Check our listing of 9/11 memorial events, watch video and share your thoughts.

The Sept. 11 anniversary ceremony at ground zero has been stripped of politicians this year. But can it ever be stripped of politics? For the first time, elected officials won't speak Tuesday at an occasion that has allowed them a solemn turn in the spotlight. The change was made in the name of sidelining politics, but some have rapped it as a political move in itself.

Eleven years after terrorists attacked the World Trade Center, the new multibillion-dollar World Trade Center once again dominates the lower Manhattan skyline. Hundreds of construction workers are at the 16-acre site every day, and tourists snap thousands of photos of the two towers that are nearing completion.

Manalapan-based Walk With Joe just wrapped up its tenth annual Memorial 5K walk to remember people who lost their lives during the horrific 9/11 attacks.

As we mark the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks tomorrow, the head of the Jersey Office of Homeland Security is asking everyone to keep their eyes open and stay vigilant.

Authorities say more and more people are visiting the Flight 93 National Memorial in rural western Pennsylvania, and new construction is scheduled to begin next year.

Huge reflecting pools, waterfalls, skyscrapers and a cavernous underground museum under construction help make the National Sept. 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center an awesome spectacle.

President Barack Obama will mark the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks with a series of commemorations in and near Washington.