Ten years on, Americans come together Sunday where the World Trade Center soared, where the Pentagon stands as a fortress once breached, where United Airlines Flight 93 knifed into the earth.
They gather to pray and lay roses before fire stations to remember in countless ways the anniversary of the most devastating terrorist attacks since the U.S.'s founding, and in the process mark the milestone as history itself.
They gather to pray and lay roses before fire stations to remember in countless ways the anniversary of the most devastating terrorist attacks since the U.S.'s founding, and in the process mark the milestone as history itself.
Pictures of firefighters who died in the 9/11 attacks are displayed across from the World Trade Centre (Getty Images)
As in earlier observances, bells will toll again to mourn the loss of those killed in the attacks. Americans will lay eyes on new memorials in lower Manhattan, rural Pennsylvania and elsewhere, concrete symbols of the resolve to remember and rebuild.
But much of the weight of this year's ceremonies lies in what will largely go unspoken — the anniversary's role in prompting Americans to consider how the attacks changed them and the larger world and the continuing struggle to understand 9/11's place in the lore of the nation.
-- Adam Geller, The Associated Press
Here is the day's schedule of events:
8 a.m.: Program begins.
8:46 a.m.: Moment of silence marking the hijacked airliner striking the World Trade Centre North Tower. New York City’s houses of worship will then sound bells throughout the city.
9:03 a.m.: Moment of silence marking the impact of a second airliner striking the South Tower.
9:37 a.m.: Moment of silence observing Flight 77 crashing into the Pentagon.
9:59 a.m.: Moment of silence marking the collapse of the South Tower.
10:03 a.m.: Moment of silence marking the crash of Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pa.
10:28 a.m.: Moment of silence marking the collapse of the North Tower. Three trumpeters — one each from New York’s police, fire and Port Authority rescue departments — perform Taps.
1 p.m.: Program concludes.
2 p.m.: Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who will attend Ground Zero, to speak in a separate ceremony in Lower Manhattan remembering Canadian victims of 9/11.
8:46 a.m.: Moment of silence marking the hijacked airliner striking the World Trade Centre North Tower. New York City’s houses of worship will then sound bells throughout the city.
9:03 a.m.: Moment of silence marking the impact of a second airliner striking the South Tower.
9:37 a.m.: Moment of silence observing Flight 77 crashing into the Pentagon.
9:59 a.m.: Moment of silence marking the collapse of the South Tower.
10:03 a.m.: Moment of silence marking the crash of Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pa.
10:28 a.m.: Moment of silence marking the collapse of the North Tower. Three trumpeters — one each from New York’s police, fire and Port Authority rescue departments — perform Taps.
1 p.m.: Program concludes.
2 p.m.: Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who will attend Ground Zero, to speak in a separate ceremony in Lower Manhattan remembering Canadian victims of 9/11.
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