A SAD DAY FOR AMERICANS
Twelve years ago, two planes slammed into New York's World Trade Centre, making headlines all around the world. Yesterday, the 11th of September, Americans marked the 12th anniversary of this sad day. NEW YORK CITY, September 2013. In New York, the US capital Washington and a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, relatives of the nearly 3,000 people who died in the hijacked airliners and on the ground gathered for remembrance ceremonies. US President Barack Obama, speaking at the Pentagon where 184 people died when one of the planes hit the building, said:Our hearts still ache for the futures snatched away, the lives that might have beenMoments of silence were observed at 8:46 am (1246 GMT),when the first plane smashed in the World Trade Center; 9:03 am when the second tower was hit; and 10:03 am, when a fourth airliner crashed in Pennsylvania.
The day of the attacks.Image by Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP Relatives gathered at the 9/11 Memorial around the two huge black fountains that mark the spots where the Twin Towers once stood. A list of all the names of people who died in the attack was read out. New York Mayor Mr Michael Bloomberg and state Governor Mr Andrew Cuomo attended the ceremony. After the ceremony at the Pentagon, President Obama volunteered at a food bank that offers meals to people with serious illnesses, saying remembrances of the attacks should also include "the incredible way neighbours helped neighbours that day." Story by Mariano Andrade, AFP. Re-written by Nalika Unantenne, The Whiz Times. Featured image: Roses to remember those who died at a 9-11 memorial ceremony. Image by TOPSHOTS/AFP PHOTO/POOL/Adrees Latif.
