French President Emmanuel Macron and Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo, left, stand in front of a commemorative plaque facing the 'Le Carillon' bar and 'Le Petit Cambodge' restaurant during a ceremony marking the second anniversary of the Paris attacks, Monday Nov.13 2017 (Etienne Laurent, Pool via AP)
PARIS – In silence and tears, families of the victims of France's deadliest terror attacks stood alongside President Emmanuel Macron Monday to honor the 130 people killed two years ago when Islamic State extremists attacked the City of Light.
Security was tight but low-profile for the memorial events — part of the new normal in France since Nov. 13, 2015.
Outside the Stade de France national stadium, Macron and the mayor of the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis placed a wreath of red, white and blue flowers to honor the Portuguese immigrant killed by a suicide bomber, the first victim of the night's violence.
Why are France and the U.K. hotbeds for terror?
Why has Europe become a hot spot for terror attacks in recent years? Why have terrorists seemed to especially target Britain and France? #Tucker
The commemorations continued at Paris cafes, where city officials read out the names of the 29 people gunned down while dining, drinking and enjoying the balmy night.
Dozens of families and Parisians gathered outside the Bataclan concert hall, where the attacks took their most chilling turn, as extremists opened fire on a dancing crowd and held hundreds hostage in an hourslong standoff with police. Ninety people were killed.
French President Emmanuel Macron and Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo, left, stand in front of a commemorative plaque facing the 'Le Carillon' bar and 'Le Petit Cambodge' restaurant during a ceremony marking the second anniversary of the Paris attacks, Monday Nov.13 November 2017. (Etienne Laurent, Pool via AP)
Residents recalled the blasts of explosive belts and assault rifles, and described the wariness that has lingered since. Hundreds were wounded; some survivors are disabled for life, and many have deep psychological scars.
On Nov. 13, 2015, France "entered a new era of terrorism," national police chief Eric Morvan said Monday on BFM television.
The attacks ushered in nearly two years of state of emergency, replaced just two weeks ago with a tough law allowing police wider latitude against anyone suspected of links to radicalism. The state of emergency didn't prevent subsequent extremist violence, including a truck attack on holiday revelers on the Mediterranean shore of Nice.
Terror raids under way outside Paris, France
Social media activity suggested an attack was in the works.
While Islamic State extremists have been ousted from their Syrian stronghold of Raqqa where the Paris attacks were planned, French authorities remain on guard, and the French military remains active in the U.S.-led military coalition against IS.
"The threat level obviously remains high," Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said on France-Inter radio Monday.
French President Emmanuel Macron, left, shakes hands with former French President Francois Hollande as they stand in front of a commemorative plaque outside the Stade de France stadium, in Saint-Denis, near Paris, Monday, Nov. 13, 2017. (Philippe Wojazer, Pool via AP)
All but one of the November 2015 attackers were killed. France's counterterrorism prosecutor says authorities are still looking for suspects involved, and that "zones of mystery" remain about the attacks.
Francois Hollande, France's president at the time, described hearing the explosion that killed Dias from inside the Stade de France, where he was attending a France-Germany soccer match with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Hollande told France-2 television he didn't want to flee "so as not to let anyone believe there was a risk to the public." He said that decision "surely saved lives."
Fox News' "Antisemitism Exposed" newsletter brings you stories on the rising anti-Jewish prejudice across the U.S. and the world.