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U.S. Marks 11th Anniversary of 9/11 Attacks
Americans on Tuesday gathered for ceremonies to cherish thememories of nearly 3,000 innocent people who were killed byairplanes hijacked by terrorists 11 years ago on this very day.
Two of the jets brought down the Twin Towers of New YorkCity's World Trade Center, another extensively damaged the Pentagon outside Washington and afourth crashed in a field in rural Pennsylvania when passengers aboard that flight revolted againstthe hijackers.
In New York City, family members of the victims in the 1993 and 2001 World Trade Center terrorattacks gathered on Tuesday at the National September 11 Memorial plaza in New York City's lowerManhattan area for a memorial ceremony marking the 11th anniversary of 9/11 attacks.
At Ground Zero where the twin towers once stood, amid music played by bagpipers anddrummers and the U.S. national anthem performed by the Young People's Chorus of New YorkCity, more than 1,000 relatives of those killed and other gathered for the annual reading of the listof 2,983 people killed at the three sites. The list excludes the 19 hijackers, who also died.
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At 8:45 a.m., the first moment of silence was observed to mark American Airlines Flight 11 thatcrashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center exactly the same time 11 years ago.
The simple, solemn and poignant ceremony was punctuated by six moments of silence -- twice inobservance of the moments at which each building was hit, twice in observance of the momentswhen the two towers fell, once in observance of the time American Airlines Flight 77 struck thePentagon, and once in observance of the time United Flight 93 crashed in Pennsylvania.
Edwin Morales, a 31-year-old soldier who lost his cousin in the 9/11 attacks, told Xinhua at theceremony: "The 9/11 attacks are the same as the attack on Pearl Harbor, and people will alwaysremember. That's why I joined army in 2007. I want to serve my country. We will never let thishappen again." |
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发表于 2016-7-11 09:10:06