Twenty-six months after the attacks, the trains came back. On November 23, 2003, PATH service returned to the World Trade Center site through a temporary station — and the ceremonial first train in was the same one that carried the last commuters out on the morning of September 11th. This AP footage captures that morning: a small piece of ordinary life returning to Lower Manhattan.
Footage: AP Archive, via YouTube
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