# @secret_nyc on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DdJcTc4S8Ob
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/70244400-secret-nyc-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-09-11T12:47:17.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Secret NYC (@secret_nyc) — https://gondola.cc/secret_nyc

## Caption

2,753 empty chairs fill Bryant Park today in a powerful tribute marking 25 years since September 11, 2001.

Each empty chair represents one of the 2,753 people who lost their lives at the World Trade Center on 9/11, with the chairs facing south toward the former World Trade Center site.

From 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. today, September 11, visitors are invited to walk through the Chairs of Remembrance installation, write a message of remembrance, and place a white carnation on one of the empty chairs.

For the first 3,000 carnations placed, Bank of America will donate $25 per flower—up to $75,000 total—to organizations supporting first responders and their families.

Later tonight at 7 p.m., Bryant Park will continue the commemoration with a free memorial concert by the American Symphony Orchestra on the lawn.

25 years later, New York remembers. #mysecretnyc #culture 

📍 Bryant Park, Manhattan
🗓️ September 11, 2026
🎗️ Chairs of Remembrance: 8am-4pm
🎶 Free memorial concert: 7pm

🎥: @tonialexandxr

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