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The United States marked the sixth anniversary of the September 11,2001,terrorist attacks on the United States with ceremonies,tributes and silence all over the country.From VOA's New York Bureau,Mona Ghuneim reports.
Six years after the attacks that changed the Manhattan skyline forever,New Yorkers gathered Tuesday at a park near the former site of the World Trade Center to observe the anniversary.
As in years past,the New York ceremony included four moments of silence - each one in memory of the times the twin towers were hit and then fell.As in previous ceremonies,the names of more than 2,700 people who died when the towers collapsed were read out loud.Only this year,for the first time,firefighters and rescue workers who responded to the attacks and recovery efforts read the names.
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The United States marked the sixth anniversary of the September 11,2001,terrorist attacks on the United States with ceremonies,tributes and silence all over the country.From VOA's New York Bureau,Mona Ghuneim reports.
Six years after the attacks that changed the Manhattan skyline forever,New Yorkers gathered Tuesday at a park near the former site of the World Trade Center to observe the anniversary.
As in years past,the New York ceremony included four moments of silence - each one in memory of the times the twin towers were hit and then fell.As in previous ceremonies,the names of more than 2,700 people who died when the towers collapsed were read out loud.Only this year,for the first time,firefighters and rescue workers who responded to the attacks and recovery efforts read the names.
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