Remembering 9 11 Twenty Five Years On | Sacramento News

0:0025 years have passed since the September 11th attacks, and the nation is once again taking a moment to remember the nearly 3,000 lives lost. Ceremonies were held at the three main sites, New York City, the Pentagon in Virginia, and Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where the hijack planes tragically impacted. In New York, at Ground Zero, the 9-11 Memorial and Museum hosted families for a solemn commemoration. They observed seven moments of silence, marking key points of the day, from the initial plane impacts to the towers falling and the Pentagon attack. The first moment of silence began at 8.46 a.m., following a rendition of the National Anthem. Former presidents George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, and Joe Biden, along with current vice president J.D. Vance, gathered at the national. September 11th Memorial in New York. There, the reading of victims' names commenced, accompanied by the tolling of a bell and a moment of silence.

1:00Meanwhile, other officials headed to the Flight 93 National Memorial in Pennsylvania. The attacks involved Al Qaeda extremists hijacking four planes. Two, hit the World Trade Center towers in New York. One struck the Pentagon, and the fourth, United Flight 93, crashed in a field in Pennsylvania after passengers and crew bravely fought back against the hijackers. The work of the 9-11 Memorial continues, aiming to educate younger generations who were not alive or too young to remember that day. It's a commitment to ensure the significance and enduring legacy of September 11th are never forgotten by those born after the events. That's the story for today. Sacramento News Today, Driven by AI, I'm Corey with the Story.