America Remembers

Twin Towers of light will rise over Manhattan as America marks 14th anniversary of 9/11

A name-reading ceremony will be held at Memorial Plaza in Manhattan Thursday morning, punctuated by six moments of silence. This year, the Memorial Plaza will be open to the public on September 11 from 6am until midnight. Tribute in Light will illuminate the skies over the Financial District from sunset to early Friday morning. A ceremony of remembrance will take place at Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Relatives of those who perished in Pentagon will take part in private memorial attended by President Obama.

Two blue columns of light representing the devastated World Trade Center illuminated the skies over Lower Manhattan Wednesday night – a vivid tribute to the nearly 3,000 slain innocents - as the United Stated prepared to mark the 13th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.

Like every year, relatives of victims will come together at the 9/11 Memorial Plaza for a somber name-reading ceremony honoring every one of the people who perished in the attacks on the Twin Towers, the Pentagon, and inside the plane that crashed in rural Pennsylvania.

During the ceremony, six moments of silence will be observed marking the strikes on the towers, and the Pentagon, the collapse of the skyscrapers and the time Flight 93 went down in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

9/11: Americans join hands at Ground Zero to mark anniversary

Americans have begun marking the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania.

Today as a bell tolled at 8.46am to mark the minute that the first hijacked plane flew into the Twin Towers, they joined hands in a human chain of support and commemoration along the waterfront of lower Manhattan.

Rising in front of them as they reached out to friends, neighbours and strangers, was the new World Trade Center tower, soaring into the void left that day and destined to be America's tallest building.

Remembering 9/11: For 14-year anniversary, please share your story

This September 11th will mark 14 years since the terrorist attacks in New York, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C. To honor the anniversary, we would like to hear your memories.

Everyone remembers where they were when they found out about the attacks. Where were you? Do you know anyone who was changed forever by that day? Who are the firefighters, survivors and heroes you'll always remember? Is there someone you think is a part of this story who you want to know more about? Please tell us by posting a comment.

Washington Museum 9/11 Display

9/11 victims' phones go on display for the 10th anniversary

The charred mobile phones of 9/11 victims are going on display in a chilling exhibition to mark the tenth anniversary of the atrocity. The devices, which were still heard ringing as desperate family members tried to contact loved ones trapped in the rubble of the collapsed World Trade Center, are a haunting reminder of the 2001 attack in New York.

Rescue workers could also hear the phones ringing while they searched for bodies.

A new exhibition at Newseum in Washington will display 60 pieces of evidence from the FBI's terror trials. A red wallet belonging to Ruth McCourt, of Connecticut, is also on show. Ruth and her four-year-old daughter were among the 60 passengers and crew on Flight 175 who were killed.

Pieces of the engine and landing gear of United Airlines Flight 175 are also on display along with the damaged antenna from the North Tower of the World Trade Center.

Family Members Reservations for National Memorial at the World Trade Center

Families of 9/11 victims will get priority access to the National September 11 Memorial at the World Trade Center amid high expected demand for visitation.

Because construction will be ongoing at the site through the 10th Anniversary of the attacks this year, advance reservations will be needed to gain access to the area.

Memorial President Joe Daniels: "There is a need to manage capacity on the plaza, and advance reservations are required for all visitors for safety purposes. However, your experience, as families of those whose loved ones were taken too soon, is of the deepest importance to us."

The note says that beginning July 6, families of the 9/11 and 1993 Trade Center attacks will get to secure the advance reservations.

A dedicated phone number for the purpose will be sent to the families in July.
Family members will also be able to make reservations online at 911 Memorial Site and will have a separate entry area.

9/11: Queen pays tribute to families of British victims

The Queen said; "The dreadful attacks of September 11 may have threatened freedom, innocence and other values we hold dear, but they also inspired grace, charity and courage. We admire these qualities in the strength of the families of the victims, in the determination of the rescue workers, and in the extraordinary spirit and resilience demonstrated by the people of New York."

"Right must and will prevail," she said.

911 Memorial Service, St Pauls Cathedral, London, US National Anthem

In this video the United Kingdom pay tribute to those who lost their lives on 9/11

This memorial service for the victims of the September 11 2001 attacks was held at St Paul's Cathedral in central London. The congregation sang The Star-Spangled Banner (National anthem of the United States of America). During the emotional service, 3,000 white rose petals representing those who died were released from the cathedral's famous Whispering Gallery. Afterwards, the Prince of Wales and Prince Harry met relatives of the 67 British victims.

Remembering 9/11: For 10-year anniversary, please share your story

This Sept. 11 will mark 10 years since the terrorist attacks in New York, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C. To honor the anniversary, we would like to hear your memories.

Everyone remembers where they were when they found out about the attacks. Where were you? Do you know anyone who was changed forever by that day? Who are the firefighters, survivors and heroes you'll always remember? Is there someone you think is a part of this story who you want to know more about? Please tell us by posting a comment.

10 Years Later - Lest We Forget

Firstly, I would just like to say I am from England and I didn't know anyone connected to what happened that terrible day in America on 11th, September 2001. Like many millions of people across the world I watched it all happen live on TV. That day in New York and all those horrible events have affected me ever since.

It is now 10 years since the 9/11 attacks in America, and it only seems like yesterday. For several years I have been studying the events of 9/11: looking at images, watching videos, reading articles, and remembering the victims. I feel so sorry for those people who suffered such terror.

What I can't get out of my mind are those people waving from the windows and holes in the WTC, those people who decided to jump from the towers, and those who made phone calls just before they died.

When I hear Melissa Doi's and Betty Ann Ong's telephone calls, I cry. Kevin Cosgrove's desperate 911 call from the South Tower of the WTC as it collapses is truly terrifying. The site of Edna Cintron (the Waving Woman), makes me feel so helpless. The pain and terror that these people felt still haunts me. I often think about them. It's a strange feeling really, it's almost as if I knew them personally. Today, I just wish I could help or speak to them, and say hey, I care, I am thinking about you today - 10 years later.

In total nearly 3,000 people died in the attacks on September 11, 2001

On that Tuesday morning, 19 terrorists from the Islamist militant group al-Qaeda hijacked four passenger jets. The hijackers intentionally crashed two planes, American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175, into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City; both towers collapsed within two hours. Hijackers crashed American Airlines Flight 77 into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. The fourth jet, United Airlines Flight 93, crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, after passengers attempted to take control before it could reach the hijacker's intended target in Washington, D.C.

The Innocent Victims
2,753 civilians at the World Trade Center.
40 passengers and crew aboard United Flight 93.
59 passengers and crew aboard American Airlines Flight 77.
125 people in the Pentagon.

World Trade Center 9/11
20,000 body parts were recovered from Ground Zero. Up to 200 remains were linked to a single person. Only 293 intact bodies were found. Only twelve could be identified by sight. After 10 years, there are still NO remains for 1,123 of the victims who died at the World Trade Center.

I will never forget those poor people who suffered, and my heart goes out to their families -