9/11 anniversary

Hundreds of volunteers in Chicago honored the lives lost in the September 11 attacks in 2001 by giving back on the National Day of Service and Remembrance.

Volunteers across the Chicago area are marking the 23rd anniversary of the September 11 attacks with a day of service. NBC Chicago’s Regina Waldroup reports.

Kristin Marino and Maya Peretz are two young women, bonded by a profound loss. Marino was just 3 years old when her father — Kenneth Joseph Marino, an FDNY firefighter for Rescue Company 1 in Hell’s Kitchen — was killed on Sept. 11, 2001. At least once a year, she goes to the World Trade Center reflecting pools to pay…

A poignant phrase echoes when 9/11 victims’ relatives gather each year to remember the loved ones they lost in the terror attacks.