A look at events marking the 12th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks:
NEW YORK CITY
In a sadly familiar ceremony, friends and relatives of World Trade Center attack victims gathered at the National Sept. 11 Memorial plaza to call out the names of the dead and read messages to lost loved ones.
A bell chimed to mark the moments when four hijacked jets crashed into the twin towers, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania, and again to mark the moments when the two skyscrapers collapsed.
Several politicians attended, including New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and former New York Gov. George Pataki, but none gave an address.
The ceremony also recognized victims of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
WASHINGTON
President Barack Obama held a moment of silence at 8:46 a.m. on the White House’s South Lawn to mark the first attack in New York. He was joined by Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden. A bugler played “Taps.”
Then, the president traveled to the Pentagon Sept. 11 memorial in Arlington, Va., where victims’ families, attack survivors and military officials laid a wreath and held
Article source: http://www.citizen-times.com/viewart/20130911/NEWS/309110060/9-11-anniversary-being-marked-somber-tributes If you need a cheap air ticket, hotel or rental car please visit http://www.airticket.com
