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- More than 100 Caribbean immigrants from 14 nations died in the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
- Among the victims were former Guyana Under-19 cricketers Kris Romeo Bishundat and Nizam Hafiz.
- First responders and artists, such as Haitian firefighter Karl Henry Joseph, were also honored.
Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks, a remembrance of the more than 100 Caribbean immigrants—including talented regional cricketers like Kris Romeo Bishundat and Nizam Hafiz—brings light to lives lost from 14 nations across the region. These victims represented countries including Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Puerto Rico.
Among those who perished were individuals working in finance, food service, and maintenance, alongside dedicated first responders like Haitian-born firefighter Karl Henry Joseph and Jamaica-born artist Michael Richards. Their enduring legacies remind the global community of the deep sacrifices made by the Caribbean diaspora during that tragic day in New York and Washington D.C.