09/11/2026
Twenty-five years ago, September 11 changed New York—and the world—forever.
That morning, Czech-born Pavel Hlava was in the city with a small video camera he had purchased just a week earlier. He wanted to capture everyday life in New York and send the footage home to his family. By chance, he recorded extraordinary footage of both planes striking the World Trade Center—images that would later become part of the historical record of 9/11.
This year, Pavel returned to New York for the first time in 25 years.
In this video, he reflects on what he witnessed that morning and what it feels like to return to a city forever connected to that memory.
Today, we remember the lives lost, the families and communities forever changed, and all those who responded in the days and years that followed.
We remember New York. We remember September 11.
