U.S. remembers Sept 11 attacks in silence by Delia Cruceru

A day marked with grief, sorrow, grey clouds and light rain. It marked the sixth commemoration of the attacks from September 11 2001 when almost 3000 people died. Families, authorities and dignitaries gathered at Ground Zero, where once the World Trade Center towers were and now a busy construction zone. "Six years have passed, and our place is still by your side," New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said to the crowds. "We come together again as New Yorkers and as Americans to share a loss that can't be measured." He said that the long list with names of the victims will be read by volunteers who helped in the rescue and recovery and whose thoughts were: "Those are my neighbours. Let me help." The mayor at the time of the attacks, Rudy Giuliani was present too, as well as Democrat Senator Hillary Clinton. At the White House, President Bush and his wife Laura, Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife held a moment of silence on the lawn at 8:46 a.m. when the first plane struck in the New York tower. Others have gathered at Shanksville, Pennsylvania where United Flight 93 crashed after passengers fought al Qaeda hijackers in the cockpit. On the steps of the U.S. Capitol almost 200 Democrats and Republicans gathered to sing "God Bless America" on Monday night as they did on the night of the attacks.

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by Delia Cruceru for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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