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(AP) — Americans marked the 12th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks today, Wednesday with the reading of the names of the victims, moments of silence and serene music that have become tradition.
At a morning ceremony on the 2-year-old memorial plaza at the site of the World Trade Center, relatives recited the names of the nearly 3,000 people who died when hijacked jets crashed into the twin towers and the Pentagon and near Shanksville, Pa., as well as the 1993 trade center bombing victims’ names.
In Washington, President Barak Obama, joined by first lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and wife Jill Biden, and members of the White House staff, walked out to the South Lawn at 8:46 a.m. – the moment the first plane struck the south tower in New York. Another jetliner struck the Pentagon at 9:37 a.m.
According to President Barak Obama, “It is an honour to be with you here again to remember the tragedy of 12 Septembers ago, to honour the greatness of all who responded and to stand with those who still grieved and to provide them some measure of comfort once more,” “Together we pause and we give humble thanks as families and as a nation.” today, we can honour those we lost by building a nation worthy of their memories, he added.
At the site in lower Manhattan, friends and families silently held up photos of the deceased. Others wept.
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