Ceremonies in New York, Washington D.C. and Shanksville, Pa. will remember the more than 3,000 victims
Eleven years after more than 3,000 people died in the 9/11 attacks, anniversary commemorations will be held at all three sites on Tuesday, but in a more modest fashion that reflects both the passage of time and the nation’s continued need to pause, reflect and nurse lingering wounds.
In New York, ceremonies will begin at 8:39 a.m. at the National September 11 Memorial, with a pipe and drum band leading a procession to the stage. As in previous years, there will be moments of silence at the times when planes hit the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and crashed into a field in Shanksville, Pa.,and when the towers collapsed.
Between those moments, victims’ families will read the names of those who died.
Absent this year will be comments from any elected officials. Organizers made that decision this year, ostensibly to remove politics from the event. Many are expected to attend anyway.
The ceremony will be held in the shadow of One World Trade Center, formerly known as the Freedom Tower, which will open in 2014 at 104 stories tall. Also under construction nearby are office buildings at Three World Trade Center and Four World Trade Center, and a new transportation hub.
In Washington, scaled-down services at the Washington National Memorial will replace the larger commemoration of years past. A worship service will begin at 8:45 a.m., with others at noon and 5:30 p.m. There will be a moment of silence at Arlington National Cemetery at 9:37 a.m. and a private ceremony at the Pentagon Memorial.
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