Candlelit vigils, moments of silence and readings are taking place in America today to remember those lost during the 9-11 attacks.
Hijackers took control of four flights that day in a co-ordinated campaign with two flown directly into the World Trade Centre towers, taking them down.
Another plane was crashed into the Pentagon and a fourth crash landed into a field after passengers fought back against their captors.
Current New York Mayor Eric Adams was a police officer at the time, he says he went straight to work the moment he heard about the attack.
"I knew it was time for me to make my way to my command at the time it was at a precinct in Brooklyn. As I walked across the bridge and started to see people, you know, come over that was just terrified."
