Marking the 25th Anniversary of the 1993 World Trade Center Bombing

The 25th anniversary of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing was Monday, and dozens attended a ceremony to commemorate the lives of the six who died.  Many former Port Authority employees come every year, and consider it a kind of family reunion.

"We've been together with the families for 25 years now, so we've watched their teenager children grow into middle age adults with their own children," said Robert Dichiara, 72, the former deputy director of the World Trade Center at the Port Authority. 

Dichiara was in charge of getting the building back in service after the attacks. Four of his employees died in the bombing, and he still chokes up while talking about them. 

"After 9/11 I was asked about the connection. I said, 'Put it like this, if you analyzed the blood of a World Trade Center Port Authority person, and you looked at it under a microscope, you'd see little Twin Towers there,'" he said, clutching a yellow flower. "It was a special place for all of us. It's still going, after it's gone."

Visitors leave flowers on the names of the six victims of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing on the 25th anniversary of the attacks.

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Dozens of family members of the six people killed in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and former World Trade Center employees attended.

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Members of the NYPD's Pipe's and Drum band circled the North Memorial Pool at the World Trade Center site.

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Visitors leave flowers on the names of the six victims.

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