(Video by Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)The town that lost its parents: A new generation in New Jersey looks at 9/11The children of 9/11 are growing up. The attacks killed nearly 3,000 people — aboard four hijacked airliners, at the World Trade Center and at the Pentagon. Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times Francesca Picerno was 9 when her father, Mathew, was killed in the attack on the World Trade Center. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times) Lauren Kestenbaum, too, felt the need to leave Montclair not long after 9/11. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times) And then there are those 9/11 kids who have no recollections of a dead parent.

Source: Los Angeles Times September 11, 2016 10:02 UTC