Over 4.5 million tourists have visited the 9/11 Memorial since it opened in 2011. World Trade Center site.
(Stephen Nessen/WNYC)
At the 9/11 memorial at the World Trade Center site, several hundred people gathered Tuesday to commemorate loved ones lost in the terrorist attacks in a tribute that was scaled back compared to years past.
The annual ceremony proceeded with a familiar rhythm of bell ringing and the reading of nearly 3,000 victims' names. Governors Andrew Cuomo and Chris Christie, Mayor Michael Bloomberg along with other politicians attended the ceremony, but, for the first time, they did not speak.
Brigid Bergin is the City Hall reporter for WNYC. She covers city politics, including the upcoming mayoral race. She’s also traveled to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to report on the trial of the five men accused of plotting the September 11th terror attacks.
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Our world is full of death. We remember it especially on this day, September the eleventh. But is death the end? I hold that we have reasons to believe in the afterlife.: http://calltoawareness.blogspot.com/2012/09/now-i-lay-me-down-in-defense-of.html
My heart is quiet, sad, and full of love for all those who lost someone that day. The family members who spoke took my breath away.
I was at work at Motorola when the airplane hit the towers, but, at work, we didn't quickly know what had happened...Then the shock of the news hit us in Schaumburg, and all I could think about was picking up my kids in daycare and getting them home. As I drove to their schools, I worried about what I would say to them that would make sense and not make them frightened...we avoided the television and talked about what had happened how terrible it was. I'm so glad I was with them.
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