Twenty-five years ago today, the world changed.

On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, four commercial airplanes were hijacked. Two struck the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. Another hit the Pentagon. A fourth crashed in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, after passengers and crew fought back.

By the end of the day, nearly 3,000 people had been killed. Thousands more were injured, and countless families and communities were forever changed.

We have a list of those we lost with New Hampshire connections below.

Here’s some more news to know this morning:

Here’s what’s inside today’s newsletter:

📰 What we’re reading, including: How Democrats outnumbered Republicans at the polls

📢 We asked, you answered: Is New Hampshire’s 400-member House too big? Why or why not? See the reader responses.

🔍 Question of the week: Where were you when the towers were struck on Sept. 11, 2001? Share your memories.

🇺🇸 Remembering 9/11: Honoring the New Hampshire lives lost 25 years ago

🗳️ Dems outnumbered Republicans at the polls in Tuesday’s primary …

Democrats made up about 59% of voters in New Hampshire’s US Senate primaries Tuesday, compared with about 41% for Republicans. Democrats also outnumbered Republicans in the 1st Congressional District primaries. New Hampshire Bulletin

🥾 And in Rye, voters weighed in on the future of several local trails …

Rye residents voted overwhelmingly to fully reopen and maintain seven trails that the Conservation Commission had decommissioned over concerns about sensitive wildlife habitat. About 81% of voters backed reversing the decision. The commission said it was disappointed with the result and is evaluating its next steps. WMUR

🇺🇸 In Dover, a new memorial will honor the victims of 9/11 …

Dover will unveil a permanent 9/11 memorial at Cocheco Mills Park on Sept. 11. The black granite monument includes two 11-foot center panels representing the Twin Towers and honors the four people with ties to Dover who died in the attacks, along with first responders and other victims. WMUR

This week, we asked readers: Is New Hampshire’s 400-member House too big? Why or why not?

Here’s what they had to say…

“The house should be reduced by half, the senate boosted by half.” — Burt Cohen, senator 1990-2004

“I agree with Bert Cohen about reducing the House by half and increasing the Senate by half and paying them a modest amount, say 20k?” — Mike Blackledge

“Yes. It is past time for NH to professionalize its General Court and pay a modest salary sufficient to make it a full-time job for people other than the wealthy and the retired.” — Bill Carr

“It’s not easy to balance the unwieldiness of a large legislature with the need to give many small communities an equal voice in the state government. That being said; it seems to me that intelligent use of up-to-date communication and efficient planning should enable our representatives to continue to conduct state business within the existing structure. Throwing the baby out with the bath water in the name of efficiency serves no one.” — JoAnn Carlson

“YES! Way way too big, impossible to get good work done, and very intimidating for new legislators to get onboarded and be engaged in their first experience. It is ridiculous and keeps NH from making progress.” — Mary M. Gannon

For those who lived through Sept. 11, 2001, certain details of that day can feel impossible to forget, like where you were, who you were with, how you heard the news, and what happened in the hours that followed.

As we mark 25 years since the attacks, we want to hear your memories. So this week’s question is …

Where were you when the towers were struck on Sept. 11, 2001?

It was 25 years ago that our lives were forever changed by the terrorist attacks on 9/11. We lost nearly 3,000 Americans, and among them were some beloved members of the New Hampshire community.

Here are just some of the victims with New Hampshire ties: 

💔 Tom McGuinness from Portsmouth was the co-pilot on American Airlines Flight 11, which crashed into the World Trade Center. The former Navy fighter pilot kissed his wife, Cheryl, goodbye at their home in Portsmouth just before he left for work to Boston’s Logan International Airport. 

💔 Madeline “Amy” Sweeney, a Nashua High School grad, was a flight attendant on Flight 11. She provided crucial information about the hijackers via air phone to a ground supervisor just before the crash. 

💔 Louis Neil Mariani from Derry was boarding Flight 175 to head to his stepdaughter’s wedding in California with his wife Ellen, who boarded a separate flight just before him. The last time they saw each other, Mariani gave his wife a hug and kiss told her, “See you, Ellen. I’ll arrive three minutes after your plane lands.”

💔 Robert LeBlanc from Lee was a geography professor at the University of New Hampshire. He was on Flight 175 en route to a conference in California.

Thanks for reading. This newsletter was written by Katy Savage. It was edited by Crystal Niforos.

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