September 11 Attack Remembered

Hundreds gathered in Manhattan Sunday morning to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, and to honor the thousands of people who lost their lives.

Sunday’s Sept. 11 ceremony includes six moments of silence, each timed for events during the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. At 8:46 a.m., a police officer rang a bell to mark the first moment of silence, for when the first plane struck the North Tower. At 9:03 a.m., a moment of silence observed the time the second plane struck the South Tower.
A third moment of silence commemorated when Flight 77 struck the Pentagon, and a fourth when the South Tower fell. The fifth marked when Flight 93 crashed near Shanksville, Pa. At 10:28 a.m., a final moment of silence was observed for the fall of the North Tower.