A special ceremony took place at St. Paul's Chapel in Lower Manhattan for the dozens of victim who survived the terror attack but have since died. NY1's Ruschell Boone filed the following report.

People stood and sat quietly, some of them with tears in their eyes, as they listened to the names of those who survived the terror attacks, but not the after-effects.

Most were first responders, rescue workers and volunteers who died from 9/11-related illnesses. Over 550 names were read aloud - a staggering number for many at the ceremony.

"That's the eye opener," one person said. "This list is going to get longer and longer as the years progress."

"It's pretty hard because I've met so many orphans and widows," another person said.

This was the first time a ceremony of this kind was held to remember those who died after the terror attacks.

Fern Vasile-Davila's husband committed suicide in 2008 after years of psychiatric problems related to September 11th. He was the first EMT supervisor to respond.

"I always thought that there should be some acknowledgement for those that have died since, and this is terrific," Vasile-Davila said.

"It's so important to remember those people who came and help after," one woman said. "It was a tough thing to do. It wasn't easy."

The somber ceremony was held at St Paul's Chapel, directly across from the World Trade Center site.  Barbara Horn is one of the organizers.

"There are so many people who have died from illnesses," she said. "There are also people who simply died. Some of them were sick, some of them were not sick, but as a community, we wanted to hold them up and remember them."

It's not clear if another ceremony is being planned for next year, but organizers say they wanted to make sure those who died after September 11th are not forgotten.

"This is part of a story of 9/11," one man said.