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09-12-08, 10:54 AM
Country Remembers 9/11 Terrorist Attacks
By KHON News
Seven years after the terrorist attacks on our country, September 11 is still a day of mourning for Americans.
On this anniversary, long-awaited memorials finally rose on the sites of the attacks.
A place of grace built upon the site where terrorists struck at the heart of us power on a clear September morning seven years ago.
And amazement from family members that the first 9/11 memorial is now completed
Marines and sailors lifted the covers off the flag draped benches - 184 - each representing a single victim that day, arranged from youngest to oldest - from 3 year old Dana Falkenberg to 71 year old retired Navy Captain John Yamnicky.
The president choked back tears as he dedicated the memorial.
"As we walk among the benches, we will remember there could have been many more lives lost. On a day when buildings fell, heroes rose," said President Bush.
As "Taps" emanated from the pentagon's roof, a row of first responders stood above the American flag - a flag placed not far from where marines spontaneously placed their own flag amidst the smoldering ruins that day.
"There has not been another attack on our soil in 2,557 days," said Bush.
Simultaneous ceremonies were held in New York at Ground Zero where the names of each victim were read one by one.
In Shanksville, Pennsylvania where flight 93 and its hijackers were overtaken by those brave passengers unwilling to become the 4th plane to slam into any more American symbols.
Then a minute of silence to mark the moment that American airlines flight 77 slammed into the west side of the Pentagon.
It was the first time former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld spoke publicly at the pentagon since stepping down in 2006.
The president flanked by Rumsfeld and the current Defense Secretary Robert Gates then inspected the memorial
A memorial filled with symbolism - its benches floating above small pools of running water
placed in the same direction as the trajectory of flight 77.
The sound of feet walking on gravel drowning out the sound of cars and planes that still fly above.
The names of each victim placed on each bench by the designers.
The memorial is now open to the public.
It will remain open twenty four hours a day, seven days a week.
Story Updated: Sep 11, 2008 at 6:03 PM HDT
Ellie
By KHON News
Seven years after the terrorist attacks on our country, September 11 is still a day of mourning for Americans.
On this anniversary, long-awaited memorials finally rose on the sites of the attacks.
A place of grace built upon the site where terrorists struck at the heart of us power on a clear September morning seven years ago.
And amazement from family members that the first 9/11 memorial is now completed
Marines and sailors lifted the covers off the flag draped benches - 184 - each representing a single victim that day, arranged from youngest to oldest - from 3 year old Dana Falkenberg to 71 year old retired Navy Captain John Yamnicky.
The president choked back tears as he dedicated the memorial.
"As we walk among the benches, we will remember there could have been many more lives lost. On a day when buildings fell, heroes rose," said President Bush.
As "Taps" emanated from the pentagon's roof, a row of first responders stood above the American flag - a flag placed not far from where marines spontaneously placed their own flag amidst the smoldering ruins that day.
"There has not been another attack on our soil in 2,557 days," said Bush.
Simultaneous ceremonies were held in New York at Ground Zero where the names of each victim were read one by one.
In Shanksville, Pennsylvania where flight 93 and its hijackers were overtaken by those brave passengers unwilling to become the 4th plane to slam into any more American symbols.
Then a minute of silence to mark the moment that American airlines flight 77 slammed into the west side of the Pentagon.
It was the first time former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld spoke publicly at the pentagon since stepping down in 2006.
The president flanked by Rumsfeld and the current Defense Secretary Robert Gates then inspected the memorial
A memorial filled with symbolism - its benches floating above small pools of running water
placed in the same direction as the trajectory of flight 77.
The sound of feet walking on gravel drowning out the sound of cars and planes that still fly above.
The names of each victim placed on each bench by the designers.
The memorial is now open to the public.
It will remain open twenty four hours a day, seven days a week.
Story Updated: Sep 11, 2008 at 6:03 PM HDT
Ellie