September 11, 2001, was a sunny Tuesday in New York. It was a day that ultimately would change the world, but it didn't start out that way. By all accounts, it was a routine morning for most. People went to work and school, there was no indication of what was to come. At 8:46 a.m. ET, a plane hit the north tower of the World Trade Center. A short time later, at 9:03 a.m., a plane hit the south tower. Both had been hijacked by members of Al Qaeda. As the nation watched the events unfolding in New York, a third hijacked plane hit the Pentagon at 9:45 a.m. At 10:03 a.m., a fourth plane went down in a field in rural Pennsylvania. By 10:30 a.m., the World Trade Center towers had collapsed. Nearly everyone still inside the towers died when they collapsed. On Saturday, the nation will remember the nearly 3,000 people who died in the attacks on the United States. Ceremonies will take place in New York, at the site of a memorial to the victims there, at the Pentagon and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where passengers crashed the fourth plane to keep it from hitting its intended target in Washington. The ceremonies begin early Saturday morning and will be chronicled below. New YorkPresident Joe Biden and other dignitaries will attend the ceremony at Memorial Plaza in New York. The ceremony begins at 8:30 a.m., and family members will read the names of the victims lost in the attack on the World Trade Center. PentagonThe Pentagon will hold a remembrance ceremony at 9 a.m. The names of the victims will be read and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will give remarks. A separate wreath-laying ceremony will take place with President Biden in attendance. Flight 93 MemorialThe annual event will begin at 9:45 a.m. in Shanksville. at 10:03 a.m., the moment Flight 93 crashed, the names of passengers and crew members will be read. There will be Bells of Remembrance rung in their memory and a wreath will be placed at the Wall of Names. Family members of the victims will then walk out to the crash site. A second wreath-laying ceremony will happen around 12:45 p.m. with President Biden in attendance.
September 11, 2001, was a sunny Tuesday in New York. It was a day that ultimately would change the world, but it didn't start out that way.
By all accounts, it was a routine morning for most. People went to work and school, there was no indication of what was to come. At 8:46 a.m. ET, a plane hit the north tower of the World Trade Center. A short time later, at 9:03 a.m., a plane hit the south tower. Both had been hijacked by members of Al Qaeda.
As the nation watched the events unfolding in New York, a third hijacked plane hit the Pentagon at 9:45 a.m. At 10:03 a.m., a fourth plane went down in a field in rural Pennsylvania.
By 10:30 a.m., the World Trade Center towers had collapsed. Nearly everyone still inside the towers died when they collapsed.
On Saturday, the nation will remember the nearly 3,000 people who died in the attacks on the United States. Ceremonies will take place in New York, at the site of a memorial to the victims there, at the Pentagon and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where passengers crashed the fourth plane to keep it from hitting its intended target in Washington.
The ceremonies begin early Saturday morning and will be chronicled below.
New York
President Joe Biden and other dignitaries will attend the ceremony at Memorial Plaza in New York. The ceremony begins at 8:30 a.m., and family members will read the names of the victims lost in the attack on the World Trade Center.
Pentagon
The Pentagon will hold a remembrance ceremony at 9 a.m. The names of the victims will be read and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will give remarks. A separate wreath-laying ceremony will take place with President Biden in attendance.
Flight 93 Memorial
The annual event will begin at 9:45 a.m. in Shanksville. at 10:03 a.m., the moment Flight 93 crashed, the names of passengers and crew members will be read. There will be Bells of Remembrance rung in their memory and a wreath will be placed at the Wall of Names. Family members of the victims will then walk out to the crash site. A second wreath-laying ceremony will happen around 12:45 p.m. with President Biden in attendance.
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