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The Friday evening following the 9/11 attack, candle light vigils were held throughout New York City and the surrounding suburbs where many of the victims had lived.

The largest gathering was in Union Square, the site closest to the attack site that the public could access. The group shown here gathered at the Fireman’s Memorial on 100th Street and Riverside Drive (built 1914).

This photograph was taken on September 14, 2001 by Martha Cooper and is part of “Missing,” a Labor Arts exhibit that documents a few of the spontaneous shrines that appeared after September 11, 2001.