Good morning. Welcome to Axios today. It's Friday, September 10th. I'm Nyla Boudou.

Ahead of tomorrow's 9-11 anniversary, how threats to the U.S. have changed over two decades,

plus COVID today by the numbers. And today's one big thing. Interfaith efforts to fight

hate in New York and beyond.

The last time I was at the site of the World Trade Center was just a few months after the

September 11th attacks back in 2001, and it was so new the rubble was even still smoking.

So this week, while I was in New York, I wanted to visit the memorial that's there now,

the two man-made waterfalls in the footprints of the towers, with names of those lost engraved

all around. Today, we're going to be remembering what happened with some of my Axios co-workers,

and we'll hear from them in a little bit.

Yesterday, it was a rainy day when we were there. There were lots of other journalists

and tour groups. And, of course, families of those who lost loved ones that day, like Ray

Costello.

My brother, whose name is right here on the wall, died on 9-11. He was working at the

Mercer Hotel. He heard the first plane crash and came running down here, and he ran

in through Tower One, and was found under Tower Two.

Even before this memorial was built, there were a lot of discussions about how to commemorate

that day and the lives lost. Near the site, you might remember there were plans to build

an Islamic community center and mosque, just a few blocks away. 11 years ago, the Anti-Defamation

League, an NGO focused on the defamation of Jewish people and the fair treatment for

all opposed the location of that center. But this week, the ADL's National Director

in a CNN op-ed apologized for that stance. Jonathan Greenblatt is the CEO and National

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