9/11 Widow's Powerful Words Leave Memorial Attendees Stunned

Twenty-five years later, we never forget.

Americans in New York City and across the nation gathered Friday to remember the 2,977 people killed and thousands more injured in the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

Families of victims killed when hijackers crashed a pair of planes into the Twin Towers gathered at the 9/11 Memorial at Ground Zero to read their names aloud, as is tradition at the annual commemoration ceremony, at 8:30 a.m. ET., and stopped for a moment of silence at 8:46 a.m. — the exact time American Airlines Flight 11 struck the North Tower.

Later, President Trump will deliver remarks at the Pentagon.

And the Yankees and Mets will kick off the first of their three-game Subway Series at 6:30 p.m. in the Bronx with special tributes honoring 9/11 first responders and those lost in the attacks that changed America forever.

Follow The Post’s live updates from memorials at Ground Zero and beyond on the 25th anniversary of 9/11:

ARLINGTON, Va. — President Trump and first lady Melania Trump sat in silence during the reading of the names of those who died at the Pentagon on 9/11.

A bell tolled after each name was announced. Each victim’s photo was shown on a screen as their name was read.

In all, 184 people were killed at the military headquarters, including 59 passengers and crew aboard hijacked American Airlines Flight 77.

Among the administration officials and former officials at the ceremony are Attorney General Todd Blanche, Education Secretary Linda McMahon, Energy Secretary Chris Wright, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, War Secretary Pete Hegseth, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani and former Mayor Rudy Giuliani shook hands at Ground Zero ahead of the annual remembrance ceremony.

The cordial greeting comes just days after Giuliani — who led the Big Apple during Sept. 11, 2001 — called on Mamdani to skip the memorial service marking the 25th anniversary of the attacks, claiming Mamdani “doesn’t agree that September 11 was an Islamic terrorist attack on the United States of America."

"No question," he said during an interview with Newsmax on Sunday, saying that the notion of Mamdani attending the memorials “offends me.

“The reality is this ceremony is for the families and for America to remember historically."

Terry Strada, widow of 9/11 victim Tom Strada, followed up her portion of the reading of the names by blasting the Kingdom for its purported role in the atrocity.

"How can it be 25 years and still we have no justice for the role that Saudi Arabia played in your murder," Strada said, adding that the US partner "fomented a rancid culture of anti-American terrorism around the globe and then sent its agents to support radical Islamist hijackers so they could attack you and all of our loved ones."

"For 25 years, administration after administration, including leaders in front of us here today, chose to protect the Saudis instead of standing with the 9/11 families," Strada continued as several spectators at the memorial service cheered.

The City Council is rolling out 26 new 9/11 street and public place co-namings and urging the state to adopt 9/11 curriculum in schools as the city marks 25 years since the attacks.

The proposed co-namings would stretch across all five boroughs, with a variety of new designations recalling the attacks, such as “Never Forget Way” in Howard Beach, Queens, ” “East Side 9/11 Remembrance Way” on the Upper East Side, and “9/11 Beacon Memorial Way” in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.

The new names will also recognize nearby memorials, such as “Brooklyn 9/11 Wall of Remembrance Way” in Coney Island and survivor organizations, such as “Tunnel to Towers 5K Run & Walk 9/11 Memorial Way” in Red Hook.

Brooklyn will get the most street namings, while Manhattan’s list includes street names recognizing employees of the Marsh & McLennan company killed in the Twin Towers and FDNY units that lost members in the attacks.

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