9/11 will forever be marked as a day of infamy in American history.

As millions of Americans commemorate the nearly 3,000 people who died in terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and other U.S. sites, many Latino families will take time to remember how their lives were personally affected due to the loss of a loved one on Sept. 11, 2001.

For the 10-year anniversary of the attacks in 2011, officials at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum inaugurated the names of 47 Dominicans who died in New York City. According to Hispanically Speaking News, the male and female Dominican victims were professional computer specialists, IT personnel, financial managers, restaurant employees, educators and tourists.

Pedro Checo, the vice-president of operations for the Fiduciary Trust, was one of the 47 victims who died while trying to save others that day, reports El Nuevo Diaro. Likewise, Faustino Apostol, a 55-year-old firefighter, also sacrificed his life for others in the towers after serving in the New York Fire Department for 28 years.

Other Latinos who have been honored include Victoria Alvares Brito, who worked in the finance department of Marsh & McLennan, David Agnez, an assistant to the vice-president of Cantor Fitzgerald, and Frank Thomas Aquilino, a 26-year-old executive at Cantor Fitzgerald.

Statistics show that out of all the Latino communities that lost members on 9/11, Dominicans have lost the most victims.

Also among the dead were 18 Colombians, 13 people from Ecuador, 6 Cubans, 4 Argentinians, 1 from Chile and 15 Mexicans. In addition, other Latino victims were from El Salvador, Honduras, Peru and Venezuela.

The Health Department and the Office of the Coroner revealed that at the time, there were 247 dead and/or missing Latinos, accounting for 9 percent of all the victims.

"I'll never forget that day in Washington," said Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., in a statement. "Congressmen gathered on the steps of the Capitol, joined hands and sang 'God Bless America.' I'll never forget the headline that ran on the front page of La Monde in Paris that read: 'We Are All Americans.' Our lives changed that day. Our understanding of the world also changed. The memories we carry with us of that beautiful, clear, September morning 14 years ago were a turning point for America and the Middle East."

"Now, 14 years later, we still remember. But, most of all we remember the 2,974 people who died. We remember their families and the courage and service of the first responders, all of us united by our shared belief that we will meet the new threats we face with the same courage -- resolved that there will never be another day like September 11, 2001," added Menendez.