A mourner kneels at ground zero in New York City Wednesday during ceremonies to mark one year since 9/11.
Associated Press
It's been exactly a year since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks that wounded and galvanized a nation — and a state.
Utahns of all stripes mourned that day, and then many contributed, as Winston Churchill once said, "blood, toil, tears and sweat" to the rebuilding effort.
They and many other Utahns gathered Wednesday to commemorate the dead, and the heroes who made sure no others died.
"In remembering, we have sorrow and we grieve together as one people under one nation," said Masood Ul-Hasan of the Islamic Society of Greater Salt Lake.
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