The Latest: Moment of silence for 9-11 terror attack victims
Posted Sep 11, 2019 6:47 am.
NEW YORK — The Latest on the 18th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks (all times local):
8:45 a.m.
The commemoration of the 18th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks has begun at ground zero with a moment of silence and tolling bells.
Victims’ relatives and dignitaries were gathered on the memorial plaza at the World Trade Center in New York as the ceremony started at 8:46 a.m. Wednesday. That is the time when a hijacked plane slammed into the World Trade Center’s north tower on Sept. 11, 2001.
Then victims’ loved ones began reading the names of the nearly 3,000 people killed when a total of four hijacked planes crashed into the trade centre, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field.
President Donald Trump is attending an observance at the Pentagon. Vice-President Mike Pence is speaking at the 9-11 memorial near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
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12 a.m.
Americans are commemorating 9-11 with mournful ceremonies, volunteering, appeals to “never forget” and rising attention to the terror attacks’ extended toll on responders.
A crowd of victims’ relatives is expected at ground zero Wednesday. President Donald Trump is scheduled to join an observance at the Pentagon.
Vice-President Mike Pence is to speak at the third attack site, near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
Eighteen years after the deadliest terror attack on American soil, the nation is still grappling with the aftermath at ground zero, in Congress and beyond.
The attacks’ aftermath is visible from airport security checkpoints to Afghanistan, where a post-9-11 invasion has become America’s longest war.
Nearly 3,000 people were killed when hijacked planes rammed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a Shanksville field on Sept. 11, 2001.
The Associated Press
