Today, 9/11/07 marks 6 years to the terror attacks on our country, the attacks that claimed 2,974 lives.
The official city commemoration schedule, city street closures, along with resource links can be found in the Extended Article.
9/11 – 6 Years
Today, 9/11/07 marks 6 years to the terror attacks on our country, the attacks that claimed 2,974 lives.
The official city commemoration schedule, city street closures, along with resource links can be found in the Extended Article.
• 7:00AM: Families start to arrive at Zuccotti Park, where the ceremony will take place.
• 8:40AM: Mayor Bloomberg begins the program, which includes first responders reading victims’ names and readings from NY Governor Spitzer, former NY Governor Pataki, NJ Governor Corzine and former NYC mayor Giuliani.
Bagpipers and drummers lead WTC Flag to the stage.
Brooklyn Youth Chorus performs Star Spangled Banner.
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg introduces moment of silence.
• 8:46AM: First moment of silence, to note when the first plan hit the North Tower. The reading of victims’ names begins.
First responders begin reading of names in pairs (118 pairs, 236 readers total).
• 8:47AM: Families start to descend the Pit at Ground Zero to leave flowers.
• 9:03AM: Moment of silence to note when the second plane hit the South Tower.
New York Governor Eliot Spitzer delivers reading.
• 9:59AM: Moment silence to mark when the South Tower fell.
Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani delivers reading.
• 10:29AM: Moment of silence to mark when the North Tower fell.
New York Governor George E. Pataki delivers reading. Emily Thomas (flautist) performs Amazing Grace. New Jersey Governor Jon S. Corzine delivers reading.
Program ends when all 2,749 names have been read.
Brooklyn Youth Chorus performs “Bridge Over Troubled Water.” Taps performed by three trumpeters (NYPD, FDNY and PAPD)
The ceremonies will be aired on WABC 7, WCBS 2, WNBC 4, WNYW 5, WWOR 11, and NY1. Church Street will be closed between Battery Place and Barclay, as are Cedar, Cortlandt, Dey, Fulton, Vesey and Barclay Streets between Broadway and Church.
Resource Links:
September 11, 2001 attacks – Wikipedia
Life Vs. Terror: a 9/11 Anthology – Yanky Tauber, Chabad.org
