Author Topic: US to mark 11th anniversary of 9/11 attacks (Read 486 times)

AmRind③r · « **on:** September 11, 2012, 08:13:00 AM »

Memorials are due to be held in the US to mark the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.

In New York, relatives will read out the names of those killed when hijacked jets were crashed at the World Trade Center, Washington and Pennsylvania.

President Obama is due to attend a ceremony at the Pentagon and Vice-President Joe Biden is expected to speak at Shanksville.

For the first time, politicians will not address the ceremony in New York.

The National September 11 Memorial and Museum announced in July that this year's ceremony at Ground Zero would include only relatives reading victims' names.

Memorial President Joe Daniels said that, in an election year, it was "honouring the victims and their families in a way free of politics".

Charles Wolf, whose wife Katherine was killed at the World Trade Center, said the absence of elected officials would make the event more intimate for the families.

"We've gone past that deep, collective public grief," he said.

Author Topic: US to mark 11th anniversary of 9/11 attacks (Read 486 times)

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US to mark 11th anniversary of 9/11 attacks

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