Celebrities share poignant tributes on 25th anniversary of 9/11 attacks — Kelly Ripa, Sarah Jessica Parker, and more

25 years ago, Kelly Ripa was on air on Live! with Regis and Kelly with her co-host, Regis Philbin. The morning show host honored those who lost their lives with a video of New York City a building with a digital American flag and Ray Charles‘ rendition of “America the Beautiful.”

Sarah Jessica Parker, best known for her New York City based show Sex and the City, shared a video of the lights beaming up from One World Trade, with the caption: “September 11th, 2026. 25 years. We never forget. I love NY. Forever. And ever. X, SJ.”

Seven years before he was elected president, Barack Obama was living in Chicago with his wife Michelle Obama. The two political figures shared a beautiful statement to Instagram, “If you were young in 2001, or weren’t even born yet, it can be hard to imagine what 9/11 felt like. The shock of that beautiful, cloudless morning. The heartbreak of the families whose loved ones were taken with such swiftness and cruelty. The realization that the forces of malevolence and violence were closer, and the future less certain, than we knew.”

The statement went on: “Today Michelle and I are remembering those we lost that day, and those who made the ultimate sacrifice in the wars that followed. We pray for their families. And we hope Americans everywhere remember the true lesson of 9/11: that we can survive even our darkest days as long as we move forward as one nation and one people.”

Andy Cohen, the Watch What Happens Live host, shared a photo of his seven-year-old son Ben wearing an FDNY shirt with the simple caption: “Never Forget.”

The former TODAY Show host, Katie Couric, was on air with co-host Matt Lauer when the planes struck the towers. She remembered the horrific day with a video of her reporting and the caption: “25 years. It seems impossible to believe”

“For me, it was the most important professional morning of my life. I have never felt a greater sense of responsibility and believe I never will,” she continued. “To the families left behind. Twenty five years later, I am in awe of your strength, your resilience, and your commitment to honor those we lost and to find the will to keep going. To both remember…and create a new life for you, your families, and this city.”

Fashion designer Zac Posen shared a photo of the lights from One World Trade, shared a memory of his day 25 years ago, writing: “That morning I woke in a friend’s bedroom after a late night. We heard a plane flying too low. Something wrong in the sound of it. We turned on the TV.

“Most of this city is doing something else entirely today, and doing it fast, the way we always do, he added. “Whatever you’re running toward, stop for a minute. Think about the people we lost. Never forget.”

The Good Morning America journalist was six months pregnant with her son Duff Haffenreffer on September 11, 2001. Lara Spencer remembered the horrible day with a photo of herself, taken two days after the attack, reporting from Lower Manhattan.

“This picture was taken 2 days later on 14th street as families posted pictures anywhere they could hoping someone-anyone-might have some information about their loved one,” she wrote. “My heart still breaks thinking of those families-desperately holding onto hope. I will never forget.”

Savannah Guthrie, the TODAY Show anchor who is spending the 25th anniversary covering the ceremony honoring the lives lost, posted a simple, somber photo of One World Trade with the caption: “Remembering…”