New York remembers the victims of the 9/11 attacks with a solemn act 20 years later

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The city of New York began this Saturday the commemoration of the 9/11 attacks with a solemn ceremony in the place where the Twin Towers were, where some of the relatives of the nearly 3,000 victims have attended, as well like the president of the United States, Joe Biden, and the ex-presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton.

On a sunny morning, like the one experienced that September 11, 2001, the ceremony began with the parade of representatives of the emergency services carrying an American flag, after which the Young People’s Chorus of New York sang the anthem. national.

After a moment of silence At 08:46 local time (12:46 GMT), when the first plane hit one of the towers, Mike Low, father of one of the flight attendants who flew in it, gave a short speech, which marked the beginning of the reading of the names of the victims.

Tribute act of 9/11.

Tribute act of 9/11.

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“As we recite the names of those we lost, our memory goes back to that terrible day, when we felt that an evil specter had descended upon the worldBut it was also a time when a lot of people performed beyond the ordinary, “said Low.

Despite the fact that hundreds of relatives have been present at the ceremony, who have shown photos of their loved ones, some of the victims’ relatives have not been able to access the event due to strong security measures.

Along with them, hundreds more people have accumulated in the vicinity of the 9/11 memorial, many of them wearing red roses and American flags as a sign of respect for the victims.

At the ceremony, in which singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen has performed his song I’ll See You in My Dreams (I’ll see you in my dreams), the moments in which three of the planes that were hijacked on September 11 hit the Twin Towers and the Pentagon, and a fourth fell on an esplanade in Pennsylvania, have been highlighted with moments of silence.

Tribute to the victims of 9/11

Tribute to the victims of 9/11

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At the event, which the former first ladies of the United States attended with their husbands Hillary Clinton and Michelle ObamaThe moments when the Twin Towers fell in New York were also remembered.

The forces of order have deployed important security measures, with the presence throughout the Big Apple of thousands of agents and bomb detection units, while the accesses to the metro entrances near Ground Zero have been taken by armed police .

Reference-www.elespanol.com

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