Author and trauma counselor Tara Bane lost her husband Michael on that tragic day nearly 25 years go.
Their last memory was a goodbye kiss as he left their Bucks County home for Manhattan.
Now, Tara is adding her own new memoir to choices meant to help you understand loss, and forge ahead.
Each bench in the Garden of Reflection in Lower Makefield Township bears the name of someone from Bucks County lost on 9/11.
In a tranquil spot under sheltering branches, the name on the plaque is Michael Bane.
"Michael was 33 years old at the time of his death. He worked in the North Tower, the 100th floor, for Marsh, and he loved what he did," she remembers.
Tara's first recommendation is a bestseller, Bessell Van de Kolk's "The Body Keeps the Score."
In the book, Van de Kolk argues that grief literally goes down to the bone and your body needs things like yoga, art, breathwork and more as important medicine.
"I remember it took months, probably years, but I would wake up every day after Michael died sore from head to toe," recalls Tara. "I just...so much body tension from the fear and the adrenaline that was rushing through my body and that's with any trauma and grief."
Next, Tara recommends Stephanie Foo's "What My Bones Know."
Foo, a journalist, writes about trauma from childhood abuse, and logs her relentless quest to find the people and methods that heal her.
"Don't give up. Things can work out, things can improve and just keep searching for whatever it is that's going to help you," says Tara.
The next title makes Tara sigh.
"This is the one I wish was out when I lost my husband," Tara says, clutching the book to her heart. "'Bearing the Unbearable,' by Joanne Cacciatore."
This book teaches what Tara learned the hard way: The pressure to push past grief just leads to suffering. But embracing that it endures, somehow, softens it.
"In order to heal from grief, we need to be sharing the stories of our loved ones and we need to be remembering them, not forgetting them," she says.
Finally we get to something new, sent into the world with Tara's best intentions.
Her final book recommendation is a very special one.
"It's 'Evolution of the Heart: From the Darkness of 9/11 to Rebuilding a Life and Finding Joy.' And it's my memoir," Tara says.
When Tara sits on this bench, she thinks about her promise to Michael: To honor him by living fully.
In so many ways, including now, helping others not be consumed by grief, she knows she has kept her word
"I have my beautiful son, I have a private practice that I'm proud of, and I love helping people and it feels good," she says.