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Looking back at 9/11: How Washington grieved and how we remember

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Stories of sacrifice and grief engulfed a nation in the wake of Sept. 11, and the impact is still felt close to home. A quarter-century later, there are entire generations who were not alive yet. For those who were here and those who lost loved ones that day, the memories remain fresh, even all these years later. There is a day before and a day after. And we’re living the day after. Twenty-five years later, we are still living the day after. photographer Bob Pugh 9/11 remembered in Washington D.C.: Watch live coverage Below, find some of News4’s stories on what people in the D.C. area experienced and how that horrific day has shaped the 25 years that followed. ‘The smell of jet fuel’: DC surgeon and nurse share memories of working on 9/11 It was 9:37 a.m. American Airlines Flight 77 had just hit the Pentagon. A few miles away, the staff at MedStar Washington Hospital Center braced for a wave of patients. “We waited and we waited. And then nobody came, and we all started having this sor

First report: ‘The smell of jet fuel': DC surgeon and nurse share memories of working on 9/11 — nbcwashington.com, 6d