Forty-two people with Michigan connections died on Sept. 11, 2001, when terrorists attacked New York City and Washington, D.C., with airliners, and numerous events are scheduled across Michigan this week to remember those people and the other nearly 3,000 victims of the attack.

"For nearly a quarter century, we have strived to keep alive the memory of each person with ties to Michigan who lost their life on September 11, 2001,'' said Patrick L. Anderson, one of the founders of the Michigan Remembers 9/11 Fund and a survivor of the attacks on New York's World Trade Center. "As always, we remain committed to sharing their names and stories, and to denying the attackers' desire to erase even one of us from history."

The 9/11 terrorist attacks killed 2,977 people and injured thousands at

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