Brooklyn pays tribute to 9/11 victims
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With the Tribute in Light in view across New York Harbor, hundreds of people gathered on the 69th Street pier in Bay Ridge for a ceremony to remember the victims of Sept. 11 and their loved ones on the 12th anniversary of the attacks that changed the city, and the nation, forever.
Some 500 participants held candles, waved American flags, sang patriotic songs, and prayed together in ceremony organized by state Sen. Marty Golden (R-C-Bay Ridge-southern Brooklyn). Golden has been hosting a Sept. 11 tribute at the pier on every Sept. 11 anniversary since 2002. The city’s official tribute to the Brooklyn victims killed in the terror attacks, a 20-foot-high bronze statue called “The Beacon,” sits on the pier.
The pier, which provides a clear view of the Manhattan skyline, is also the spot where hundreds of Bay Ridge residents flocked to on Sept. 11, 2001 to watch in horror as the majestic Twin Towers of the World Trade Center crumbled to the ground.