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NEW YORK (WABC) — Here is the info for the ceremony to be held at ground zero on Tuesday, September 11.
The observance of the 11th Anniversary of September 11 will take place at the National September 11 Memorial plaza, located in the World Trade Center site in lower Manhattan. Music will provide a backdrop throughout the program.
The commemoration is for family members of victims of the 2001 and 1993 attacks and they have been invited to participate in this year’s reading of the names. The ceremony will pause at six moments – twice to mark the times that each plane hit the towers, twice to mark the time when each tower fell and to mark the moments of the attacks on the Pentagon and on Flight 93.
The first moment of silence will be at 8:46 a.m., and houses of worship have been asked to toll their bells at that time. The ceremony will conclude at approximately 12:30 p.m. (this is subject to change).
The following program information is for immediate publication, broadcast and release:
8:39 a.m. – Program begins
Bagpipers and drummers lead WTC flag through memorial to the stage
Young People’s Chorus of New York City performs the National Anthem
8:46 a.m. – Moment of silence (observance of time AA Flight 11 struck North Tower)
(Houses of worship will toll their bells throughout the City)
Family members will begin reading the names in pairs
There will be 100 pairs (200 readers) who will continue until all names are read
Music will provide a backdrop throughout the program
9:03 a.m. – Moment of silence (observance of time UA Flight 175 struck South Tower)
Reading of names continues/music resumes
9:37 a.m. – Moment of silence (observance of time AA Flight 77 struck the Pentagon)
Reading of names continues/music resumes
9:59 a.m. – Moment of silence (observance of time of fall of the South Tower)
Reading of names continues/music resumes
10:03 a.m. – Moment of silence (observance of time UA Flight 93 crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania)
Reading of names continues/music resumes
10:28 a.m. – Moment of silence (observance of time of fall of the North Tower)
Reading of names continues to conclusion/music resumes
Young People’s Chorus of New York City performs “Give Us Hope”
Taps performed by three trumpeters (NYPD, FDNY, PAPD)
12:30 p.m. – Program concludes
8:00 p.m. – National September 11 Memorial Closes
