Eighth anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks was marked in New York, bells and a minute of silence, reports Associated Press. A minute of silence began at 8 hours, 46 minutes am local time (16:46 Moscow time) - at this particular time of day eight years ago, the first of the airliners hijacked by terrorists crashed into the north tower of World Trade Center.
At the same time, a moment of silence with the participation of President Barack Obama, his wife Michelle and employees the presidential staff was held near the White House in Washington. In 2009, the first time on September 11 is celebrated as National Day of service and memory. The victims of the 2001 terrorist attacks in New York, a suburb of Washington and in Pennsylvania were a total of about three thousand people.
In Manhattan, where, with the collapse of the twin towers of the WTC and the subsequent rescue operations killed about 2700 people, immediately after a moment of silence began solemnly read out a list of victims of terrorists. Speaking before the ceremony, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg urged citizens to "protect the memory of those who died," revive the spirit of voluntary charitable activities.At the national day of service to Americans across the country invited to participate in various charitable events.
President Obama later on Friday to lay a wreath at the memorial to the victims of terrorists in the building of the Pentagon, which is located in the Washington suburb of Arlington. A second person in the state, Vice President Joe Biden, took part in the New York ceremony. AP notes that the number of people gathered near the place where formerly stood the Twin Towers in 2009 is small - only a few hundred people.
September 11, 2001, three aircraft, hijacked by agents of the terrorist network Al Qaeda, crashed into New York skyscrapers and the Pentagon and a fourth, heading toward the capital, fell and crashed near the town of Shenksvill in the state of Pennsylvania. In the eighth anniversary of the terrorist attacks across the country held commemorative events to it and was timed presentation of a school course, which focuses on 11 September and will be piloted in several states.
