Massachusetts will mark 24 years since the 9/11 terrorist attacks with remembrance ceremonies, a recognition of heroism and a day of service in Boston.

At 8:30 a.m. on the front steps of the State House, there was a moment of silence and a reading of the names of 206 people from Massachusetts who were killed in the attacks.

American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175, which both took off from Boston's Logan Airport, were hijacked and flown into the World Trade Center in New York City.

Madeline Amy Sweeney Award

Madeline "Amy" Sweeney was a flight attendant from Acton on Flight 11 who contacted the airline's ground crew with information about the hijackers just minutes before the plane crashed. Every year on 9/11, Massachusetts awards the Madeline Amy Sweeney Award

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