NEARLY 10 years after the September 11 terrorist attacks that killed her son, one Woodford Green resident said her loss does not get any easier to bear.

Julia Wells, whose 22-year-old son Vincent was working on the 105th floor of the northern twin tower when it was struck by Al Quaeda terrorists in 2001, will attend a small memorial service in Grosvenor Square, central London, on Saturday - the ninth anniversary of the attacks.

She and her husband Charles, of Roding Lane South, attended the opening ceremony of the memorial garden for British victims of the attacks at the site of the twin towers earlier this year and said she supported the building of another skyscraper called the Freedom Tower on part of Ground Zero.

“I think what they are doing is marvellous,” she added. “We were out in New York for a small memorial service where the Queen opened up the British victims' garden in May.

“There was a group of victims' relatives there, who we went and spoke to.

“There's going to be a really lovely memorial garden down on the site at Ground Zero, which is a good way to go and I'm quite happy with that. It keeps the memory of the victims alive.”

A mass will be said in memory of Mr Wells at Trinity Catholic High School in Woodford Green, which he attended, before lessons on Friday morning and the school will observe a minute's silence in his memory at 11am.

Mrs Wells said she would be going to mass on Sunday rather than attending the school's service.

“I do appreciate what they do at Trinity,” she said. “I go to mass every Sunday anyway, but obviously, it's a bit more special this Sunday, because it incorporates Vincent's name.

“The big year will be next year, which is the 10th anniversary, but it doesn't get any easier. It still feels the same every year as it did (at the time).”

The mass at Trinity school's chapel, where there is a photograph and a plaque commemorating Mr Wells, will begin at 8.20am on Friday and services in past years have been attended by more than 100 pupils.