The 10th anniversary of 9/11 will be addressed in the season premiere of CSI: NY when Mac and the team flashback to that fateful day, revealing how each of their lives were deeply impacted.
We all know that Mac lost his wife, Claire (played by Eastwick's Jamie Ray Newman), on 9/11, but we'll finally meet her and get a glimpse into Mac's life before it was forever changed. On the anniversary of 9/11, Mac will finally get some closure about his wife, whose body was never recovered. In addition, we'll see the moment when Det. Flack and Det. Messer met for the first time as they arrived on the scene at the World Trade Center and formed a bond that will last forever.
While most of the premiere deals with the tragic events of 9/11, the episode also takes place in present day where Mac and his team are attending the memorial/dedication at the Brooklyn Wall of Remembrance, a memorial to the 416 first responders who lost their lives on 9/11. Interestingly, series star Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band were instrumental in getting this memorial built when the project ran out of money.