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9/11
commemoration begins with minute of silence
Saturday, September 11, 2010 08:29:47 PM,
DPA
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For three decades, this
sculpture stood in the plaza f the World Trade Centre. Entitled "The
Sphere", it was conceived by artist Fritz Koenig as a symbol of
world peace. It was damaged during the tragic events of September
11, 2001. It is placed few blocks away from the Ground Zero as a
temporary memorial.
(Photo: ummid.com) |
New York:
The commemorative ceremony for the nearly 3,000 people killed by
terrorists nine years ago began Saturday with a minute of silence
at 8:46 a.m., marking the exact time when a hijacked commercial
airplane struck one of the World Trade Center's twin towers in
Lower Manhattan.
Government officials, headed by US Vice President Joe Biden, New
York leaders and families of the victims met at the site to begin
the solemn ceremony, following a familiar programme that began
after the Sep 11, 2001 attacks.
New York City deployed hundreds of police in Lower Manhattan to
handle demonstrators planning to protest against a mosque that a
Muslim group wants to build two blocks from Ground Zero.
"We have a significant number of police to make sure that it is
peaceful," New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said.
Terry Jones, the pastor who created a fury of world protests
because of his plan to burn a Quran Saturday, was in New York to
try to meet with the Imam of the mosque near the World Trade
Center.
Jones said he had decided not to burn the Quran.
"Most people don't want the mosque near Ground Zero and most
people don't want the Quran to be burned," Jones said.
"We have a common denominator," he said. He arrived in New York
late Friday and was given police protection.
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