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Michael Massaroli Jr., whose father was killed on 9/11, speaks during the 25th anniversary commemoration at the National September 11 Memorial at ground zero in Lower Manhattan, on September 11, 2026.

"You do my dad's legacy and the legacy of all these victims no honor by using this tragedy to spread hate."

Twenty-five years after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States that killed nearly 3,000 Americans and others and sparked a worldwide US-led war on terrorism that has left nearly one million people dead, some relatives of 9/11 victims pleaded that their grief must not be weaponized in the form of anti-Muslim bigotry.