{"id":344680,"date":"2026-09-12T03:36:34","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T03:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/344680\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T03:36:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T03:36:34","slug":"new-york-state-bar-association-commemorates-the-25th-anniversary-of-september-11-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/344680\/","title":{"rendered":"New York State Bar Association Commemorates the 25th Anniversary of September 11 Attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tNew York State Bar Association Commemorates the 25th Anniversary of September 11 Attacks<\/p>\n<p class=\"sr-only\">9.11.2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"sr-only author\">By Rebecca Melnitsky<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpa-warning wpa-long-alt alignnone size-medium wp-image-308406\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/9.11_2026_screen-768x432.png\" alt=\"25 years of remembrance logo with American flag, Twin Towers silhouette, and text We Will Never Forget against a faint city skyline background.\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" data-warning=\"Long alt text\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>On the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, New York State Bar Association President Taa Grays issued the following statement:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remember the sky being so blue that day. It was such a beautiful day. I was working at the Bronx District Attorney\u2019s Office. I went to the deli a block away from the office to pick up breakfast. The owner of the deli was complaining: how could a pilot not see the Twin Towers?! I thought it was odd myself \u2013 being a life-long New Yorker and never hearing of a plane crashing into the Twin Towers. And then the second plane crashed into the Twin Towers. This was not pilot error\u2026 it was a terrorist attack.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn that day, within hours of the attack, our Committee on Mass Disaster Response coordinated with federal agencies to assist victims and their families. Our volunteer attorneys arrived in Manhattan and stayed for weeks. We helped families secure death certificates, stay in their homes, and qualify for government benefits. In the critical early stages, we handled several hundred cases a day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, we remember those we lost and those that helped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe New York State Bar Association\u2019s mission is to be the leading voice for the legal profession by advancing the professional success of our members, equal access to justice, and the rule of law. NYSBA stayed true to its mission that day\u2026 and continues to do so today.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York State Bar Association Commemorates the 25th Anniversary of September 11 Attacks 9.11.2026 By Rebecca Melnitsky On&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":344681,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10,49,51,50],"class_list":["post-344680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344680\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/344681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}