Nearly a quarter-century has passed since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, but the loss is still deeply felt in Alabama.

Among the nearly 3,000 Americans killed that day were men and women with ties to communities across our state — students and professionals, soldiers and civil servants, neighbors and friends.

Their lives ended in New York, at the Pentagon, and aboard the hijacked airplanes, but their names and stories remain part of Alabama’s memory.

World Trade Center • Alok Kumar Mehta: Mehta was a 1996 graduate of Huntsville High School. He worked for Cantor-Fitzgerald and died in the World Trade Center’s north tower. • Dorothy Pearl Temple: A native of Montgomery, Temple worked for the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance. She died in the World Trade Cent

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