Jersey City, New Jersey

====September 11, 2001====

====September 11, 2001====

{{Main|September 11 attacks}}

[[File:12.6.11DavidLemagnePanelS-29ByLuigiNovi7.jpg|thumb|right|Panel S-29 on the South Pool of the [[National September 11 Memorial & Museum|National 9/11 Memorial]] honors the JCFD.]]

[[File:12.6.11DavidLemagnePanelS-29ByLuigiNovi7.jpg|thumb|right|Panel S-29 on the South Pool of the [[National September 11 Memorial & Museum|National 9/11 Memorial]] honors the JCFD.]]

Jersey City was directly affected by the September 11, 2001 attacks at the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]] where 38 city residents lost their lives. One of the 38 victims was Joseph Lovero, a [[Jersey City Fire Department]] dispatcher, who was killed by a piece of falling debris while responding.{{cite web|last1=McDonald |first1=Corey |url=https://hudsoncountyview.com/those-lost-18-years-ago-honored-at-jersey-citys-annual-9-11-reflections-ceremony/|title=Those lost 18 years ago honored at Jersey City's annual 9/11 Reflections Ceremony|website=hudsoncountyview.com|date=September 11, 2019|access-date=February 18, 2025}} The Jersey City Fire Department was the only New Jersey fire department to receive an official call for assistance from the [[New York City Fire Department|FDNY]].{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/news/2011/05/jersey_city_community_remember.html|title=Jersey City community remembers 9/11 on National Day of Prayer|publisher=The Star-Ledger|date=May 5, 2011|access-date=February 18, 2025}} Following the attacks, the Jersey City waterfront became the largest triage center in the area for survivors escaping Lower Manhattan by ferry during the "[[Maritime response following the September 11 attacks|9/11 Boatlift]]". In the days and weeks after, Jersey City became a staging area for rescue and aid workers headed to "[[World Trade Center site|Ground Zero]]" for rescue and recovery efforts.{{cite web|url=https://connecticut.news12.com/jersey-city-marks-20th-anniversary-of-9-11-attacks-with-annual-remembrance-ceremony|title=Jersey City marks 20th anniversary of 9/11 attacks with annual remembrance ceremony|website=connecticut.news12.com|date=September 11, 2021|access-date=February 18, 2025}} The collapse of the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|Twin Towers]] destroyed the [[World Trade Center station (PATH)|World Trade Center PATH station]] and the firefighting efforts flooded the [[Downtown Hudson Tubes|Downtown Hudson River tunnels]] and the [[Exchange Place station (PATH)|Exchange Place PATH station]] severing the [[PATH (rail system)#September 11, 2001, and recovery|rail connection]] between Jersey City and Lower Manhattan until 2003.{{Cite news |last=Weiser |first=Benjamin |date=June 29, 2003 |title=Closed Since 9/11, a PATH Station Is Set to Reopen Today |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/29/nyregion/closed-since-9-11-a-path-station-is-set-to-reopen-today.html |access-date=February 18, 2025 |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |last=Dunlap |first=David W. |date=November 24, 2003 |title=Again, Trains Put the World In Trade Center |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/24/nyregion/again-trains-put-the-world-in-trade-center.html |access-date=February 18, 2025|website=The New York Times}} Over the years several memorials have been erected along the waterfront including the ''[[Jersey City 9/11 Memorial]]'' and the official New Jersey state memorial ''[[Empty Sky (memorial)|Empty Sky]].''

Jersey City was directly affected by the [[September 11 attacks|September 11, 2001 attacks]] at the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]] where 38 city residents lost their lives. One of the 38 victims was Joseph Lovero, a [[Jersey City Fire Department]] dispatcher, who was killed by a piece of falling debris while responding.{{cite web|last1=McDonald |first1=Corey |url=https://hudsoncountyview.com/those-lost-18-years-ago-honored-at-jersey-citys-annual-9-11-reflections-ceremony/|title=Those lost 18 years ago honored at Jersey City's annual 9/11 Reflections Ceremony|website=hudsoncountyview.com|date=September 11, 2019|access-date=February 18, 2025}} The Jersey City Fire Department was the only New Jersey fire department to receive an official call for assistance from the [[New York City Fire Department|FDNY]].{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/news/2011/05/jersey_city_community_remember.html|title=Jersey City community remembers 9/11 on National Day of Prayer|publisher=The Star-Ledger|date=May 5, 2011|access-date=February 18, 2025}} Following the attacks, the Jersey City waterfront became the largest triage center in the area for survivors escaping Lower Manhattan by ferry during the "[[Maritime response following the September 11 attacks|9/11 Boatlift]]". In the days and weeks after, Jersey City became a staging area for rescue and aid workers headed to "[[World Trade Center site|Ground Zero]]" for rescue and recovery efforts.{{cite web|url=https://connecticut.news12.com/jersey-city-marks-20th-anniversary-of-9-11-attacks-with-annual-remembrance-ceremony|title=Jersey City marks 20th anniversary of 9/11 attacks with annual remembrance ceremony|website=connecticut.news12.com|date=September 11, 2021|access-date=February 18, 2025}} The collapse of the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|Twin Towers]] destroyed the [[World Trade Center station (PATH)|World Trade Center PATH station]] and the firefighting efforts flooded the [[Downtown Hudson Tubes|Downtown Hudson River tunnels]] and the [[Exchange Place station (PATH)|Exchange Place PATH station]] severing the [[PATH (rail system)#September 11, 2001, and recovery|rail connection]] between Jersey City and Lower Manhattan until 2003.{{Cite news |last=Weiser |first=Benjamin |date=June 29, 2003 |title=Closed Since 9/11, a PATH Station Is Set to Reopen Today |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/29/nyregion/closed-since-9-11-a-path-station-is-set-to-reopen-today.html |access-date=February 18, 2025 |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |last=Dunlap |first=David W. |date=November 24, 2003 |title=Again, Trains Put the World In Trade Center |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/24/nyregion/again-trains-put-the-world-in-trade-center.html |access-date=February 18, 2025|website=The New York Times}} Over the years several memorials have been erected along the waterfront including the ''[[Jersey City 9/11 Memorial]]'' and the official New Jersey state memorial ''[[Empty Sky (memorial)|Empty Sky]].''

On November 19, 2015, while [[Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign|campaigning for president]] in [[Birmingham, Alabama]], [[Donald Trump]] falsely claimed a [[List of conspiracy theories promoted by Donald Trump#Claims of corrupt science, medicine, and statistics|conspiracy theory]] that he witnessed "thousands of people" celebrating the attacks in Jersey City on television. Trump continued to repeat the conspiracy theory to multiple news outlets for weeks, later adding that the people were [[Muslims]], despite no confirmed reports, evidence or footage from that time being found to confirm his repeated falsehood.{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/abc-news-footage-shows-911-celebrations/story?id=35534125|title=What ABC News Footage Shows of 9/11 Celebrations-ABC News archives search finds no video evidence of 9/11 mass celebrations in NJ|website=abcnews.go.com|date=December 4, 2015|access-date=February 19, 2025}} In response, the Jersey City council proposed a measure to persuade the condo association at [[Trump Plaza (Jersey City)|Trump Plaza Jersey City]] to remove Trump's name off of the building marquee. Both Trump Plaza and [[Trump Bay Street]] were later renamed in 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/hudson/2015/12/council_may_ask_for_trumps_name_to_be_taken_off_je.html|title=Council may ask for Trump's name to be taken off Jersey City tower|publisher=The Jersey Journal|date=December 11, 2015|access-date=August 6, 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-pol-kushner-jersey-city-2017-story.html|title=Jersey City has turned sharply against Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=July 5, 2017|access-date=August 6, 2025}}

On November 19, 2015, while [[Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign|campaigning for president]] in [[Birmingham, Alabama]], [[Donald Trump]] falsely claimed a [[List of conspiracy theories promoted by Donald Trump#Claims of corrupt science, medicine, and statistics|conspiracy theory]] that he witnessed "thousands of people" celebrating the attacks in Jersey City on television. Trump continued to repeat the conspiracy theory to multiple news outlets for weeks, later adding that the people were [[Muslims]], despite no confirmed reports, evidence or footage from that time being found to confirm his repeated falsehood.{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/abc-news-footage-shows-911-celebrations/story?id=35534125|title=What ABC News Footage Shows of 9/11 Celebrations-ABC News archives search finds no video evidence of 9/11 mass celebrations in NJ|website=abcnews.go.com|date=December 4, 2015|access-date=February 19, 2025}} In response, the Jersey City council proposed a measure to persuade the condo association at [[Trump Plaza (Jersey City)|Trump Plaza Jersey City]] to remove Trump's name off of the building marquee. Both Trump Plaza and [[Trump Bay Street]] were later renamed in 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/hudson/2015/12/council_may_ask_for_trumps_name_to_be_taken_off_je.html|title=Council may ask for Trump's name to be taken off Jersey City tower|publisher=The Jersey Journal|date=December 11, 2015|access-date=August 6, 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-pol-kushner-jersey-city-2017-story.html|title=Jersey City has turned sharply against Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=July 5, 2017|access-date=August 6, 2025}}

Following the [[1993 World Trade Center bombing]], it was discovered that one of the bombing planners, [[Abdul Rahman Yasin]], lived in an apartment in the Greenville neighborhood of Jersey City, which is also where the bomb was built with the other co-conspirators including [[Ramzi Yousef]]. The [[Ryder]] rental van used in the attack was rented from a Jersey City facility and the chemicals used for the bomb were stored in a local self-storage unit.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/60-minutes-the-man-who-got-away/|title=60 Minutes: The Man Who Got Away|work=60 Minutes|date=May 31, 2002|access-date=September 11, 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.911memorial.org/connect/blog/1993-world-trade-center-bombing-investigation|title=1993 World Trade Center Bombing Investigation|work=9/11 Memorial & Museum|access-date=September 11, 2025}}

===2010s–present===

===2010s–present===