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New York City
All major network TV stations throughout America, and many worldwide are
planning special coverage for September 11th, and many regular programs will be suspended for the day, we advise consulting
your cable or station provider for more details. Associated Press will be covering the events in NYC, Washington D.C. and
Pennsylvania with live coverage cameras on the global video wire.
Plans for the "Big Three" networks are coming together as the first anniversary
of the Sept. 11 attacks fast approaches.
NBC is planning to air the "Concert for America" at the Kennedy Center
in Washington. First Lady Laura Bush will be at the event, which will actually be taped at the center Sept. 9.
The National Symphony Orchestra will play the concert, which will also
feature additional performers. The list of musicians and other celebrities expected at the event is yet to be announced.
ABC, CBS and NBC will all air expanded editions of their morning news
shows that morning.
ABC News will stay in continuous coverage through primetime, with breaks
for local news. NBC will also show news that afternoon, including a town meeting-format interview featuring Brokaw and rescue
workers, survivors and family members.
CBS hasn't set its afternoon plans yet. It has announced, however that
it will re-broadcast its "9-11" documentary, which originally aired in March. The documentary featured footage captured by
two filmmakers at the site of the World Trade Center disaster.
World leaders will light an eternal flame, the governor will deliver the
Gettysburg Address, and former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani will lead a reading of the names of 2,823 victims during a day of "simple
and powerful" observances marking the anniversary of the World Trade Center attack.
The daylong series of remembrances
Sept. 11 will start early in the morning with bagpipe and drum processions that will begin in each of the city's five boroughs
and converge at the World Trade Center site, in honor of the hundreds of rescue workers killed.The processionals will be led
by the pipe and drum corps of five governmental agencies that performed heroically on 9/11 and in its aftermath: the Fire
Department of New York, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the NYPD and the City Corrections and Sanitation Departments.
The processionals will converge at the World Trade Center site just after 8 a.m. The marchers will descend the ramp at which
time a memorial service will begin.
At 8:46 a.m., one year to the minute after American Airlines Flight 11 slammed into
the north tower of the World Trade Center, the city will observe a moment of silence.
At the anniversary ceremony, Ex. Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who was praised for
his courageous leadership after the attack, will begin the reading of the names of those killed. A cross-section of New Yorkers
and people from around the world including those who lost family members and co-workers in the attack will follow Giuliani
in reading the names.
Gov. George Pataki will read Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, which
includes the line: "We cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead,
who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract."
After the reading of the names is completed, "Taps" will be played. New
Jersey Governor James McGreevey will then read an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence.
The ceremony at ground
zero will last 102 minutes - the time it took from the moment the first plane hit until the second tower fell, the service
is expected to conclude with a moment of silence just before 10:30 a.m. when the second of the twin towers fell.
Houses of worship will be encouraged to toll their bells, and family members
of the victims will be invited to descend a ramp seven stories to the footprint of the twin towers. Each family will pick
up a rose and place it in a vase for an arrangement that will be preserved for a permanent memorial.
At sunset, world leaders possibly including U.S. President George W. Bush, (The
Whitehouse has already confirmed The President will be in New York on Septemer 11th President George Bush is scheduled
to visit ground zero later in the day, after stops at the Pentagon and the site in Pennsylvania where the fourth hijacked
airliner crashed.) will light an eternal flame at a temporary memorial in Battery Park, a few blocks from ground zero.The
observance will be held at the site of The Sphere, the sculpture that once stood in the plaza of the World Trade Center
and that is now part of the temporary memorial to the victims of 9/11 in Battery Park. Heads of state from around the world
will be invited to join that ceremony and Mayor Bloomberg will read Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Four Freedoms. At candlelight
vigils around the city, including Central Park, New Yorkers will be asked to reflect and listen to music from the city's orchestras. There will
be 90 minute candlelight gatherings in each of the five boroughs giving us all an opportunity to reflect and be renewed. These
events, which will include orchestral and choral performances, Groups performing that evening will include the Bronx
arts ensemble in Van Cortland Park, the Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra and Brooklyn Youth Chorus in Prospect Park, St. Luke's
Chamber Ensemble in Central Park, the Queens Symphony Orchestra at Flushing Meadows Park, and the Staten Island Symphony at
Snug Harbor. Jazz at Lincoln Center will also perform at a location still to be determined.
Every New Yorker should feel welcome at one of these gatherings. We (and
Mayor Bloomberg) ask people from around the city, the nation and the world, who cannot attend, to light candles and join
their families and neighbors on street corners or in front of their homes.
More than a dozen Broadway theaters will go dark that day, Bond brokerage
Cantor Fitzgerald, which lost 658 employees, plans a private remembrance in Central Park. The Port Authority of New York and
New Jersey, which lost 75 employees, plans an afternoon memorial.
St. Paul's Chapel, part of New York's Trinity Parish, is a few blocks from
the ground zero site. It miraculously survived the collapse of the towers, and served as a place of refuge for the rescue
workers. Trinity is arranging a series of church services and events around the theme, "A Day of Hope and Healing."
The chapel will be open
to visitors all day and premiere an exhibition highlighting its eight-month-long ministry to recovery workers. Trinity will
hold a service of morning prayer at 8am and a choral service at 11am with Archbishop of Canterbury George L. Carey and Presiding
Bishop Frank T. Griswold. At the service the Lord Mayor of London, Michael Oliver, will present a commemorative church bell
as a symbol of sympathy from the City of London to the people of New York. The service will be broadcast live on the BBC.
Memorial Mass of Remembrance at Church of St. Clare
110 Nelson Avenue,
Staten Island Friday, September 6, at 8:00 PM. Easels will be set up for photos brought by survivors.
Liberty Remembers:
A Kitefliers Tribute Kiteflying Event Hosted by Liberty High Spirits of 14B in Liberty State Park. One field for sport kite
ballet, one for single line kite flyers September 7 and 8, 11 a.m. through 4 p.m.
Unveiling of stained glass presentation
honoring World Trade Center victims and resuers at Main Post Office, 550 Manor Road, Staten Island Monday, September 9, 10
a.m.
Barnard College 9-11 Commemoration Wednesday, September 11 12:45 - 4:00 p.m.: Miles Mural Project Display 4:30
p.m.: Lehman Lawn Tree Planting
9:00 p.m.: Candlelight Vigil At Columbia University
3009 Broadway, Manhattan.
Memorial Prayer Service for friends and family members of 9-11 victims
At Berean Missionary Baptist Church, Brooklyn Evening of Wednesday, September 11.
Sail for America Memorial Event
in New York Harbor
Featuring sailors from across the nation flying personalized flags in memory of WTC victims
Saturday,
Sept. 14 and Sunday, Sept. 15
www.sailforamerica.com/memorial_flag.htm Plans for a new viewing wall at the World
Trade Center Site have been announced. Governor George Pataki and New Jersey Governor James McGreevey officially
detailed the Port Authority project this afternoon. The 13-foot high steel wall will display the names of victims, and include
an account of the event September 11. Portions of the wall will be ready for the attacks first anniversary on September 11.
It will remain in place until the site redevelopment is complete.
Other sites and locations
Although some details remain to be worked out, Sept. 11 ceremonies are
also planned at the Pentagon and the rural site near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where the other two hijacked planes crashed.
America's Ride.....3500
miles Coast to Coast .. September 2nd from San Diego to New York arriving on September 11th..... Pierce
Mfg is the largest manufacturer of fire trucks in the USA. John
Randjelovic, President has offered Americas Ride 2002 an Enforcer' Fire Truck to go coast-to-coast with the Patriot Riders.
Mitch Morrison, the Director of The World Trade Center Miracles Foundation (see
elsewhere on our website), is a biker and will head up the ride.
At
Arlington County in Virginia. The county's official 30-by-60 foot flag will be unfurled at 9:37 a.m., the moment when the
Pentagon was attacked. The flags of many countries will be displayed to represent the diversity of Arlington's residents.
Local government officials, civic leaders and the emergency workers who first responded to the Pentagon attack will offer
brief remarks and remembrances. The Arlington County emergency workers who first responded to the Sept. 11 Pentagon attack
will take part in the anniversary commemoration. The event starts about 9.15am in Gateway Park, Arlington,VA.
Also in Arlington.......7pm at the Netherlands Carillon......The
second Arlington County commemorative event includes collected stories from witnesses of the Sept. 11 Pentagon attack and
a concert by the Arlington Symphony Orchestra. The stage backdrop features 184 lights to represent the lives lost at the Pentagon.
The lights will be lit one by one during the concert.
Flight across America......Beginning
on August 11, 2002 and continuing through September 11, 2002, pilots across the United States will fly flights to demonstrate
to a jaded public that aviation can indeed be a force for good. The goal is to develop a virtual web of flights across
the country, with an aircraft taking off and landing from each public airport in the continental United States.In
addition to registered flights, selected pilots from each of the fifty United States will fly their state flag to the New
York City area.On September 8, the flag bearers will fly their planes in a parade down the Hudson River, past ground
zero and the Statue of Liberty. Afterwards, the state flags will be presented to officials as a gift to the people of
New York City.
In Wisconsin,
Southern Wisconsin AirFEST at Rock
County airport, near Janesville on September 13/14/15 is in recognition
of 9/11. Twilight performances by the Aeroshell Aerobatic Team, Pepsi's Skydancer followed by synchronized fireworks.
Hands and Hearts United in Memory, Inc. is a non-profit corporation dedicated to all of those who were affected by the
events of September 11th. Their purpose is to unite our country, in healing and in love, in a coast-to-coast human chain
on September 11, 2002. Over 5 million people will join hands over 3400 miles at 8:48 a.m. (EDT) in a five-minute silent tribute
to honor the victims and heroes of the terrorist attacks.....and all that organised by a 16 year old!!..visit his website
to participate....http://www.handsandhearts.org/
In London, a special flower garden will be dedicated to those who died
and will be located at The American Embassy. The garden will stand among existing lawns and trees in Grosvenor Square, Mayfair.
It will include an oak pergola and a classical pavilion. At its centre will be a stone commemorating all the victims and listing
the 67 British victims by name.Its plants are expected to include lily of the valley, signifying hope, myrtle for fruitfulness
and the continuation of the family, rosemary for remembrance, lavender for calm, and ivy for fidelity.
Prince Charles, the US ambassador in London, William Farish, and senior
government members will be among a 2,000-strong invited audience at a lunchtime service at St Paul's Cathedral to mark the
first anniversary of the attacks.The service will be relayed by loudspeaker outside the cathedral.
At Washington National Cathedral a series of events will begin at 8am with
Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa leading an Interfaith Service of Remembrance that will include Christian, Muslim and
Jewish participants. They will be joined by Congressional leaders, as well as members of the judiciary and administrative
branches of government and the diplomatic corps.
On the West Coast, St. Mark's Cathedral in Seattle is planning a Week of
Remembrance with an emphasis on "reconciliation, peace, justice and hope," opening its doors at 5:30am on September 11. At
St. Paul's Cathedral in San Diego a 7pm service will feature John Rutter's Requiem. A service of prayer and remembrance will
begin at 5:30am at the Cathedral Center of St. Paul in Los Angeles and the bells will begin at 5:46am, the time when the first
plane struck the WTC in New York.
In Massachusetts a statewide service will include participation by the Corps
of Fire Chaplains, many of whom served for seven weeks at the site of the WTC. Volunteers at Christ Church Cathedral in St.
Louis will read the names of those killed and the cathedral will host an interfaith prayer service at noon.
The Micronesian paradise of Kiribati looks set to receive a much-needed boost
to its economy. The Pacific island chain straddles the international date line, and will be the first place at which Americans
can mourn the terrible events of September 11th. This will be the second big "pay-day" for Kiribati in as many years. In December
1999, its Caroline Island was invaded by television and press who flocked to be the first to see in the new millennium. On
September 11th the remote outpost - now renamed Millennium Island - will host an event greater even than the two thousandth
anniversary of Christ's birth. Kiribati's 80,000 population are already tackling the huge logistical problems surrounding
the expected influx. "We intend to build 83 luxury hotels, 275 motels and three budget trailer parks across our 20 inhabited
islands," said the Minister for International Development.
British Airways. The airline will be running a War on Terror special champagne
shuttle across the Atlantic. By ingenious supersonic manipulation of the time zones, it offers passengers aboard Concorde
the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to mark the fateful hour no less than three times during the flight.
Events at this year's Toronto Film Festival will be put on hold on 11 September
as a mark of respect for the victims of last year's terror attacks on the US. The annual movie event - in its 27th year -
will stop its hectic round of screenings and press conferences promoting the best of the world's new cinema for several hours
in the morning.
Motorists in Virginia, and perhaps nationwide,
soon will begin driving with license plates showing support for the war on terrorism and honoring those who died on Sept.
11.
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