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Man With Kildare Roots To Be Remembered At 9/11 Commemorations In New York Today

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The memorial at Ground Zero will be closed for a family event later,

New York City is marking the 25th anniversary of 9/11 today.

The memorial at Ground Zero will be closed for a family event later, during which the names of the 3,000 victims of the attacks will be read aloud.

There'll also be moments of silence to mark the exact times each of the hijacked planes crashed.

In Donadea Forest, Co. Kildare, a 9/11 Memorial stands in memory of Seán Tallon, a firefighter with the New York City Fire Department (FDNY).

On that terrible morning, Seán and his Ladder crew were among the first firefighters to enter the North Tower. Tragically, none of the crew survived.

His family had emigrated from Kildare.

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