Editing Jersey City, New Jersey (section)

====September 11, 2001====
{{Main|September 11 attacks}}
[[File:12.6.11DavidLemagnePanelS-29ByLuigiNovi7.jpg|thumb|right|Panel S-29 on the South Pool of the [[National September 11 Memorial & Museum|National 9/11 Memorial]] honors the JCFD.]]
Jersey City was directly affected by the September 11, 2001 attacks at the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]] where 38 city residents lost their lives. One of the 38 victims was Joseph Lovero, a [[Jersey City Fire Department]] dispatcher, who was killed by a piece of falling debris while responding.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hudsoncountyview.com/those-lost-18-years-ago-honored-at-jersey-citys-annual-9-11-reflections-ceremony/|title=Those lost 18 years ago honored at Jersey City’s annual 9/11 Reflections Ceremony|website=hudsoncountyview.com|date=September 11, 2019|access-date=February 18, 2025}}</ref> The Jersey City Fire Department was the only New Jersey fire department to receive an official call for assistance from the [[New York City Fire Department]] that day.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/news/2011/05/jersey_city_community_remember.html|title=Jersey City community remembers 9/11 on National Day of Prayer|publisher=The Star-Ledger|date=May 5, 2011|access-date=February 18, 2025}}</ref> Following the attacks, the Jersey City waterfront became the largest triage center in the area for survivors escaping Lower Manhattan by ferry during the "[[Maritime response following the September 11 attacks|9/11 Boatlift]]". In the days and weeks after, Jersey City became a staging area for rescue and aid workers headed to "[[World Trade Center site|Ground Zero]]" for rescue and recovery efforts.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://connecticut.news12.com/jersey-city-marks-20th-anniversary-of-9-11-attacks-with-annual-remembrance-ceremony|title=Jersey City marks 20th anniversary of 9/11 attacks with annual remembrance ceremony|website=connecticut.news12.com|date=September 11, 2021|access-date=February 18, 2025}}</ref> The collapse of the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|Twin Towers]] destroyed the [[World Trade Center station (PATH)|World Trade Center PATH station]] and the firefighting efforts flooded the [[Downtown Hudson Tubes|Downtown Hudson River tunnels]] and the [[Exchange Place station (PATH)|Exchange Place PATH station]] severing the [[PATH (rail system)#September 11, 2001, and recovery|rail connection]] between Jersey City and Lower Manhattan until 2003.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Weiser |first=Benjamin |date=June 29, 2003 |title=Closed Since 9/11, a PATH Station Is Set to Reopen Today |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/29/nyregion/closed-since-9-11-a-path-station-is-set-to-reopen-today.html |access-date=February 18, 2025 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dunlap |first=David W. |date=November 24, 2003 |title=Again, Trains Put the World In Trade Center |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/24/nyregion/again-trains-put-the-world-in-trade-center.html |access-date=February 18, 2025|website=The New York Times}}</ref> Over the years several memorials have been erected along the waterfront including the ''[[Jersey City 9/11 Memorial]]'' and the official New Jersey state memorial ''[[Empty Sky (memorial)|Empty Sky]]''.

On November 19, 2015, while [[Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign|campaigning for president]] in [[Birmingham, Alabama]], [[Donald Trump]] falsely claimed a [[List of conspiracy theories promoted by Donald Trump#Claims of corrupt science, medicine, and statistics|conspiracy theory]] that he witnessed people celebrating the attacks in Jersey City on television. Trump said:
{{cquote|Hey, I watched when the World Trade Center came tumbling down. And I watched in Jersey City, New Jersey, where thousands and thousands of people were cheering as that building was coming down. Thousands of people were cheering,}}
Trump continued to repeat the conspiracy theory to multiple news outlets for weeks, later adding that the people were [[Muslims]], despite no confirmed reports, evidence or footage from that time being found to confirm his repeated falsehood.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/abc-news-footage-shows-911-celebrations/story?id=35534125|title=What ABC News Footage Shows of 9/11 Celebrations-ABC News archives search finds no video evidence of 9/11 mass celebrations in NJ|website=abcnews.go.com|date=December 4, 2015|access-date=February 19, 2025}}</ref>