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A daughter's tribute at the 25th anniversary of 9/11
Twenty-five years on, a firefighter's daughter spoke about losing her father, and then her grandfather to the dust.
In brief
Twenty-five years on, a firefighter's daughter spoke about losing her father, and then her grandfather to the dust. For many families, 9/11 is still taking people, decades after the towers fell. Originally reported by Valleynewslive.
Twenty-five years on
Americans marked the 25th anniversary of the al-Qaeda attacks on Friday, remembering the shock, the dead, and everything that followed.
The rituals of remembering
Flags flown, moments of silence, vigils, and the long reading of victims' names carried the milestone.
A firefighter's daughter speaks
The daughter of FDNY Lt. John P. Napolitano honored her father at a remembrance event. She said she had also recently lost her grandfather to a 9/11-related illness.
Finally together again
She told the crowd she takes comfort in the thought of the two men reunited, and in being one of Napolitano's girls.
“I find peace knowing that they're finally together again.”
He lives on in them
Her family still tells his stories and laughs with him, she said, every single day.
“There's not a day that goes by that we don't think of you, tell stories about you, and laugh with you.”
The dust is still killing
A new ground zero tribute honors people who breathed the toxic cloud from the towers' collapse and later died of cancer and other illnesses. Nobody knows the full count.
The main idea
For many families, 9/11 is still taking people, decades after the towers fell.
