9/11 Families Mourn
9/11 Families Mourn
9/11 Families Mourn, Recall World Trade Center Attack
Sept. 11 (Bloomberg) — Families and friends of the 2,751 people who perished when two hijacked jets slammed into the World Trade Center’s twin towers convened at Ground Zero today to observe the seventh anniversary of the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil.Bells tolled in Zuccotti Park, a block from Ground Zero, at 8:46 and 9:03 a.m., marking the moments when planes crashed into each tower. They tolled again at 9:59 and 10:29 a.m., when the buildings collapsed into a fiery cloud of smoke and debris.
Although 2007 was to be the final opportunity for family members to descend a ramp and touch the ground where the towers stood, construction delays at the 16-acre site permitted one last visit this year. Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama were to mark the occasion at the scene this afternoon, their campaigns said.
“It’s very emotional, every day of my life is emotional,” said Sally Regenhard, whose son Christian Regenhard, a probationary New York City firefighter, died at 28 while helping in the rescue of 25,000 who evacuated the towers safely.
In what’s become a yearly ritual, friends and family read the names of the dead, and government officials recited poems with an occasional musical interlude. Four blocks away, the New York Stock Exchange marked a minute of silence at 9:25 a.m. before trading began.
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