Families will read the names of each of the 2,983 victims of the 2001 attacks.
in the wake of the attacks, will mark the occasion, as will memorial events in Shanksville and at the Pentagon in Virginia, outside Washington, D.C.
In New York, the ceremony at the National September 11th Memorial begins with a moment of silence to mark the time American Airlines Flight 11 struck the North Tower at 8:46 a.m. ET. The ceremony also includes moments of silence held at 9:03 a.m., to observe the time United Airlines Flight 175 struck the South Tower; at 9:37 a.m., when American Airlines Flight 77 struck the Pentagon; at 9:59 a.m., to mark the fall of the South Tower; at 10:30 a.m.
Families of the victims killed in the 2001 attacks and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing will read theAt the Pentagon, commemoration events include the unfurling of a flag, laying of a wreath and remarks by President Biden. First lady Jill Biden marks the occasion at the Flight 93 National Memorial Service in Shanksville, where the hijacked flight crashed into a field after passengers fought the hijackers.
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