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NYC pauses to remember 9/11 victims 23 years after attacks
By Renee AndersonChristina Fan,
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NYC reflects on 23 years since 9/11 terror attacks 04:42
NEW YORK -- Today marks 23 years since the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks that forever changed New York City and the nation.
Nearly 3,000 people were killed when al Qaida hijackers crashed four jetliners into the twin towers, the Pentagon and a field in southwest Pennsylvania.
As years pass, more and more names are being read by children and young adults born after the attacks - as an older generation passes on the grave responsibility of remembering this day to a new generation.
Wednesday's ceremony honors the 2,983 victims killed in the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, aboard Flight 93 and in the 1993 WTC bombing.
The 9/11 Memorial & Museum opens to family members at 8:00 a.m. before the commemoration begins at 8:46 a.m.
A citywide moment of silence will be held at 8:46 a.m. to mark the moment hijacked Flight 11 struck the North Tower. A second moment of silence will be held at 9:03 a.m. to mark when hijacked Flight 175 struck the South Tower.
Another moment of silence follows at 9:37 a.m. , marking when hijacked Flight 77 struck the Pentagon.
A moment of silence will be held at 9:59 a.m. to mark when the South Tower fell, then at 10:03 a.m. to mark when hijacked Flight 93 crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and then at 10:28 a.m. to mark when the North Tower fell.
The ceremony typically concludes around 12:30 p.m.
U.S. leaders expected to attend
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are expected to be on hand for the ceremony in Lower Manhattan. Republican Vice Presidential nominee JD Vance is also in the city to mark 9/11.
Mr. Biden and Harris both released statements, repeating the call to "never forget."
"Never forget each of the 2,977 precious lives stolen from us when terrorists attacked our nation," Mr. Biden wrote. "Never forget their families who still bear the grief from that searing September morning. Never forget the heroic citizens and survivors who rushed to help their fellow Americans. And never forget that when faced with evil-and an enemy that sought to tear us apart-we endured."
"Today is a day of solemn remembrance as we mourn the souls we lost in a heinous terrorist attack on September 11, 2001. We stand in solidarity with their families and loved ones. We also honor the extraordinary heroism on display that fateful day by ordinary Americans helping their fellow Americans. We will never forget," Harris said in her statement.
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