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Memorial visitors of different ages, nationalities reflect on 9/11

A solemn stop for many on trips to New York

BY CARTER MYERS-BROWN
Posted 9/11/26

Eric Chee, a 63-year-old man who grew up in China, remembers the vicarious terror he felt watching news coverage of the planes crashing into the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.

“It was nighttime in Shanghai, my second child was just born, and I was putting her to bed. My wife called me and told me to put on the news," he said. "I felt scared.”

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