Ceremonies across U.S. remember those lost in 9/11 terrorist attacks
Posted September 11, 2010 7:42 am.
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NEW YORK, N.Y. – Solemn ceremonies will be held across the United States Saturday, to mark the ninth-anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks.
U.S. President Barack Obama will attend a ceremony at the Pentagon while first lady Michelle Obama and former first lady Laura Bush will act as keynote speakers in Shanksville, Pennsylvania – the site of hijacked plane Flight 93. The domestic passenger flight from Newark International Airport to San Francisco International. The flight was brought down by passengers, where more than 200 others were killed in the 2001 attacks.
“Nine years have come and gone since that September morning. The passage of time will never diminish; the pain and loss forever seared in the consciousness of our nation. That’s why on this day we pray with the families of those who died,” President Obama said, Saturday morning, in a weekly address.
Families of the almost 3,000 victims killed at the World Trade Centre will gather at Ground Zero. “We’re still Americans; we still stand tall; we still ban together, no matter what happens in this country – good or bad,” one New Yorker explained.
There will be two marches at Ground Zero. One by supporters and the other by opponents of a mosque that is slated to be built only two blocks away from the site.
In 2011, in time for the tenth-anniversary, the 9/11 memorial is scheduled to open at Ground Zero. More than five million visitors are expected to visit it each year.
