New York to Hold 25th-Anniversary September 11 Memorial Ceremony; Names of 2,983 Victims to Be Read

[Financial News] The United States will hold large-scale memorial events on September 11 to mark the 25th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, remembered as the country’s worst tragedy. The events will center on three attack sites: Ground Zero in southern Manhattan, New York City; the Pentagon near Washington, D.C.; and Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
Ground Zero is the site of the former World Trade Center (WTC), which collapsed in the 2001 attacks. The Pentagon is where American Airlines Flight 77 crashed, while Shanksville is where United Airlines Flight 93 went down.
According to event information from the National September 11 Memorial & Museum and foreign media reports on September 7 local time, the official memorial ceremony at New York’s Ground Zero, where the largest number of victims died, will begin at 8:30 a.m.
Family members will read aloud the names of all 2,983 victims: 2,977 people killed in the 2001 September 11 attacks and six victims of the 1993 WTC bombing.
Beginning at 8:46 a.m., when the first plane struck the WTC’s North Tower, six moments of silence will be observed at the times of the second aircraft’s impact on the South Tower, the attack on the Pentagon, the collapse of the South Tower, United Airlines Flight 93’s crash in Pennsylvania, and the collapse of the North Tower.
This year, an additional moment of silence will be held for people who died from illnesses and injuries sustained during rescue and recovery operations.
The reading of the names will continue until around 1 p.m. and will conclude with a performance of the bugle call “Taps.”
U.S. Vice President JD Vance is expected to attend the New York memorial ceremony on behalf of the administration.
President Donald Trump is scheduled to attend a memorial event at the Pentagon instead of the New York ceremony. Trump confirmed to reporters on August 28 that he would attend the Pentagon event rather than the ceremony in New York.
Last year, President Trump also attended a memorial ceremony at the Pentagon with First Lady Melania Trump.
The Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville will hold a memorial ceremony from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. on September 11. The event will include a reading of the names of the passengers and crew who died, followed by the ringing of a memorial bell in their honor.
From 1 to 2:30 p.m., speeches and musical performances will be held. The event will conclude with a public flower-laying ceremony at the “Wall of Names,” a memorial wall engraved with the victims’ names.


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