At ground zero, the names took precedence, 2,801 of them read aloud, from Gordon Aamoth Jr. to Igor Zukelman. Patriotic resolve held sway at the Pentagon. And in a field near Shanksville, Pa., grief was partially offset by pride.
Events commemorating victims of the Sept. 11 attacks:
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — Scores of tourists, a newlywed couple and two sailors re-enlisting in the Navy chose the Sept. 11 anniversary Wednesday to pay homage at a site memorializing victims of an earlier foreign attack on America.
Federal Way residents, police officers, firefighters and city leaders gathered at Celebration Park Wednesday morning to pay tribute to those killed in the attacks on the World Trade Center.
White Tacoma firefighters and police officers held crisp salutes to the deeply polished black brims of their hats, old men put gnarled fingers over their hearts and young children stood at attention Wednesday as Tacoma’s biggest flag was raised at Thea’s Park on the Foss Waterway.
SHANKSVILLE, Pa. — A bell tolled 40 times Wednesday, once for each victim of United Flight 93, as thousands of people gathered in a grassy field remembered the passengers and crew hailed as heroes for struggling to take back their hijacked plane.
I was at work in Kent, where I am a customer service rep for a major electronics company. A customer in New Jersey was placing an order and let out a big scream. I asked what was a matter and she told me about the first plane that hit. As we were talking, the second plane crashed. I stayed on the phone with the customer, because she was crying and very upset. I had a little TV at my desk and everyone started coming to see what was going on.
Comfort comes from knowing they believed in what they fought for
Deena Burnett clutched the phone at her home in San Ramon, Calif. She was at once terrified, yet strangely calmed by her husband's steady voice over his cell phone.
WASHINGTON - A year ago, as the Pentagon burned, soldiers in full body armor and carrying automatic weapons patrolled an expanded perimeter around the White House.
We awoke to the horror. On television over breakfast, on the radio driving to work, from a terrorized voice over the telephone we heard the news. One plane hit the World Trade Center, then two, then the Pentagon and Pennsylvania.
I was at work in Kent, where I am a customer service rep for a major electronics company. A customer in New Jersey was placing an order and let out a big scream. I asked what was a matter and she told me about the first plane that hit. As we were talking, the second plane crashed. I stayed on the phone with the customer, because she was crying and very upset. I had a little TV at my desk and everyone started coming to see what was going on.
NEW YORK - This city will be open for business today, but it won't be business as usual. On the day marking the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, many Manhattan workers say they are determined to show terrorism did not permanently disrupt the city's rhythms.
NEW YORK - The nation will remember last Sept. 11 mostly in silence, with few sounds other than bells tolling, military jets roaring in tribute and the reading of victims' names.
When strangers ask Theresa Mullan about her son Michael, she hands them the programs from his memorial services.
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