this is going to touch your heart 23 years have passed since that fateful day at the World Trade Center Memorial families survivors and First Responders gathered to honor nearly 3,000 lives lost on September 11th 2001 among them Brandon Rons who lost his father detective George raams to cancer from his rescue efforts at Ground Zero he says with each passing year the pain grows Terry schy Strada who lost her husband Tom Strada reflects on how her children have grown up without their father she attends to pay respect to his memory feeling the void he left behind President Biden vice president Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump stood alongside the families marking the solemn occasion in a powerful moment the names of the victims were read aloud each name a reminder of the lives cut short and the enduring impact on those left behind though years have passed the memory of that day remains Vivid