Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Governor George E. Pataki have announced plans to commemorate the second anniversary of the September 11th attack

"Tribute In Light" Will Return For One Night As Part Of City's Commemoration Activities.

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Governor George E. Pataki have announced New York City's plans to commemorate the second anniversary of the September 11th attack. As with last year's commemoration, the City's observance will take place at the World Trade Center site on the morning of Thursday, September 11th. Children will have a large role in this year's ceremony by reading the names of the victim's and performing music throughout the program. The ceremony will pause four times - twice to mark the times that each plane hit the towers and twice to mark the times when each tower fell. The first moment of silence will be at 8:46 a.m. and houses of worship citywide will be encouraged to toll their bells at that time. While the names are read, family members will be able to descend the ramp to the lowest level of the site where they may lay flowers. Former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, New Jersey Governor James E. McGreevey will join the Mayor and Governor at the ceremony. At sundown, the "Tribute in Light" will return for one night as a tribute to the memory of those lost and a symbol of the spirit of the great City of New York. The "Tribute in Light" will be brought back each year for one night on September 11th. "On this September 11th, the hearts and minds of our City, our country and freedom-loving people from around the world, will again turn toward the World Trade Center site," said Mayor Bloomberg. "This will be the second time that we as friends, as families, and as one community, will gather to remember a tragic day which has become synonymous with not only great sorrow and loss, but also courage and resilience. Our intent is to hold a ceremony that is simple and powerful and that honors the memory of those lost, so we can remember and reflect. Forever mindful of the grief still felt by the families, and our desire to honor the heroes of that day, we plan to mark this anniversary as a day of remembrance and pride, but equally as a day on which we turn toward the future. In keeping with that, we will ask our children to take the lead in the ceremony. It is in them that the spirit of our City lives on." "We will never forget the individual lives that were lost, the tremendous personal sacrifices and the countless acts of heroism that will forever mark September 11, 2001 as a day the world changed forever," said Governor Pataki. "Those heroes will be forever in the hearts and minds of people throughout New York State and around the World. New Yorkers have shown an incredible strength and the ability to unite in the face of tragedy. And on the second anniversary of this fateful day, we will look to our children, through whose eyes we can see the true promise of our State and our nation. And through whose eyes we will continue to see hope and have optimism for a lifetime of brighter days." The ceremony will officially begin at 8:30 a.m. Guests may arrive starting at 7:00 a.m.; priority will be given to the families of those who died on September 11th but public access will be permitted as space allows. Information about access, transportation, and other logistics for the day will be disseminated to the families through the Mayor's Community
Assistance Unit. An outline of the commemoration program is as follows but details are subject to change:
7:00 a.m. Guests begin to gather at the World Trade Center site.
8:30 a.m. Program begins.Introduction of citywide moment of silence
8:46 a.m. Moment of silence (observance of time first plane struck North Tower) (Houses of worship will toll their bells throughout the City)

Introduction of the reading of the names. Children begin reading of names in pairs.

· The names will be read by children related to those lost.

· Each child will read approximately 14 names.

There will be 100 pairs (200 readers) who will continue until all names are read.

8:47 a.m. Families may begin to descend ramp to the lowest level of the site where they can lay flowers.

9:03 a.m. Moment of silence (observance of time second plane struck South Tower)

Reading of names continues/music resumes

9:59 a.m. Moment of silence (observance of time of fall of the South Tower)

Reading of names continues/music resumes

10:29 a.m. Moment of silence (observance of time of fall of the North Tower)

Reading of names continues/music resumes

Reading of names concludes

12:00 noon Taps performed by two trumpeters (NYPD and FDNY)

Final music performance

Program ends

An all agency honor guard made up of individuals representing City, State, Federal and non-profit agencies including NYC Fire Department (FDNY), NYC Police Department (NYPD), Port Authority Police Department (PAPD) and representatives of the victim's families will participate in the ceremony. Members of the honor guard will stand for about 30 minutes and then rotate. In addition, the "Art for Heart" canvas made by children who lost loved ones will be on display at the World Trade Center site and that day, community centers in the tri-state area and the family room at the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation will open their doors to these children.

The September 11 Photo Project

This exhibition of photographs and personal statements submitted to the September 11 Photo Project, initiated in a SoHo gallery as a community-based response to the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and the downing of United Airlines flight 93 in Pennsylvania, will open today at the New York Public Library.

Included in the Library's exhibition are images of the events of September 11, 2001, in New York and the two other disaster sites, as well as photographs from California and other states, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The photographs range from amateur snapshots to finely printed larger-format photographs and digitally manipulated works. Through September 20, 2003.

Location: New York Public Library, Humanities and Social Sciences Library
Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street
Edna Barnes Salomon Room (Third Floor)
Hours: Thurs - Sat: 10 to 6, Tues and Wed: 11 to 7:30

Sunday, August 17, 2003

The Past and Future of the World Trade Center Site

A Municipal Arts Society walking tour. The tour will study the periphery of the World Trade Center site in an attempt to understand the scale of the devastation, talk about the history of the area and the remaining buildings, and consider the possibilities for the area's future. The goal is to look at things in a systematic and historically informed manner, to gain some perspective and stay up-to-date on planning proposals. Leader: Francis Morrone, architectural historian.

Meet at the S.E. corner of Broadway and Park Row, across the street from St. Paul's Chapel. (Subway: #1,2,4,5,6,A,C,J,M,N,R,Z)

Time: 11:00 AM

Contact: 212-439-1049

Tuesday, September 2, 2003.

Radical Hospitality

Opening of a New York Historical Society exhibition chronicling the extraordinary contributions made by volunteers at churches and other help centers in New York City in the wake of September 11. The exhibition will run through January 4, 2004.

Location: New York Historical Society
2 West 77th St., Central Park West
Hours: 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Contact: Call 212-873-3400

Tuesday, September 9, 2003.

Civic Alliance General Meeting

Location: TBA

Contact: Email Petra@rpa.org

Tuesday, November 25, 2003.

Opening of the Exhibition Recovery: The World Trade Center Recovery Operation at Fresh Kills

A traveling exhibition from the New York State Museum, the exhibit documents the historic operation at the Fresh Kills Landfill in Staten Island (September 2001 - July 2002) to recover human remains, personal objects, and material evidence from the collapse of the World Trade Center. The exhibition includes 50 photographs that trace the recovery progress, offering the viewer a rare glimpse of hidden history. Through March 21, 2004.

Location: New York Historical Society
2 West 77th St., Central Park West
Hours: 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Contact: Call 212-873-3400

Ongoing Events

New York: In the Light of Memory

A New York Historical Society exhibit of Long Island artist's Christopher Evans panoramic painting of the view from the top of WTC Tower 2. From July 29, 2003 to October, 2004.

Location: New York Historical Society
2 West 77th St., Central Park West
Hours: 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Contact: Call 212-873-3400

Fathers and Children: Loss and Remembrance, September 11

June 13 - September 30, 2003
In observance of Father's Day, this exhibition offers reflections on a small number of fathers and sons who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, and others who were deeply involved in the effort to rescue and recover victims of the attacks. Its genesis was a series of ten emotionally compelling portraits of "firefighter dads" searching for their lost sons at Ground Zero taken by New York City photographer Gary Suson. Also featured will be a memorial shrine created by the children Mr. Joe Mistrulli, a carpenter who was killed while working at Windows on the World, the uniform of World Trade Center maintenance worker Mon Gjonbalaj's, donated to the New-York Historical Society by his son, family photos of late Fire Chief William Feehan, and more.

Location: New York Historical Society
2 West 77th St., Central Park West
Hours: 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Contact: Call 212-873-3400

Exhibit: Plan for the World Trade Center Site

Studio Daniel Libeskind's winning design for the World Trade Center site is on exhibit at the World Financial Center Winter Garden, 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. daily begins April 5, 2003.

Location:
World Financial Center Winter Garden
Hours: 7:00 AM to 11:00 PM

NYC Artists Show at World Trade Center Clinic

In the ongoing wake of September 11th, a special art exhibit at Mount Sinai's World Trade Center Worker & Volunteer Medical Screening Program headquarters celebrates the spirit, generosity and rejuvenating power of New Yorkers and New York's natural beauty. On view now through August, the works of photographic artists Elena Kachuro-Rosenberg of The Bronx, Frank Dickson and Benjamin Swett of Manhattan, and Paul Schafer of Dutchess County (Fishkill) provide glimpses of New York's natural bounty, as does in a different way the spirit of generosity that moved these four artists to loan a collection of their original works to the WTC Program.

The exhibit is sponsored by the Mount Sinai-Irving J. Selikoff Center for Occupational & Environmental Medicine, which serves as national coordinator of the WTC Program. The show is presented in cooperation with Partnerships for Parks, a joint program of the City Parks Foundation and the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation.

Location:
Mount Sinai Medical Center, 1200 Fifth Avenue off East 101st Street

Intrepid Remembers 9/11

An exhibit dedicated to the heroes and victims of September 11.

Location: Intrepid Hangar Deck
Pier 86 12th Ave. & 46th St.
Hours: 10 AM to 5 PM (Tuesday - Sunday) Cost: $13, $9 for Seniors, Students, Veterans and U.S. reservists, $6 for children ages 6-11 and Free under 2.

Contact: Call 212-245-0072

Forever Tall:

A Tribute to New York and New Yorkers

The Forever Tall mural created by artists Hope Gangloff and Jason Search

Location: 35 Cooper Square between East 5th & 6th St.

President Bush, who visited all three sites on Sept. 11 last year, will attend a service at St. John's Episcopal Church across the street from the White House with his wife, Laura, it was announced Thursday. Then he and members of his staff will gather on the South Lawn to observe a moment of silence at 8:46 a.m., the moment when the first plane hit the World Trade Center. Bush also will sign two proclamations, one designating Sept. 11 as a national day of prayer and remembrance, the other designating Sept. 11 as Patriot Day. In a statement released Thursday he asked governors to fly the flag at half staff and urged Americans to hold vigils and prayer services to mark the day.

Events in Shanksville next week will be "low key and simple," said Susan Hankinson, Somerset County's Flight 93 memorial coordinator. Last year, thousands of people gathered to hear dignitaries, including Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge, give eulogies. "The families feel there should be nothing of any magnitude until the groundbreaking (for the memorial) or a key anniversary," Hankinson said. Interior Secretary Gale Norton will be in Shanksville on Sept. 11, but only for a private swearing-in ceremony for members of a new federal task force charged with developing memorial plans. Still, there is little doubt that the public will descend on Shanksville on Sept. 11, as it has in droves every day for the last two years. At the same time, Flight 93 families seek a more private, contemplative time with their loved ones. "Last year was impersonal and overwhelming. There was no time for private reflection," said Kenneth Nacke, whose brother Louis Nacke, a 42-year-old toy-company executive from New Hope, was aboard Flight 93. "There will always be tension between (those who want) large public gatherings and family members who want an intimate grave site," said Edward Linenthal, a professor of religious studies at the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh who is a member the Flight 93 memorial task force. "But maybe the focus of Sept. 11 will change. Rather than a national ritual, the focus will be on the families." Shanksville Post Office will offer a temporary pictorial cancellation station, a special ink marking that includes pictures and special wording. An outdoor reception will follow with a raising of the American Flag at 8:30 a.m. by a local Girl Scout troop.

To honor those who died at the Pentagon, there will be a wreath-laying at Arlington National Cemetery, where unidentified remains of Pentagon victims are buried with the bodies of 66 victims who were identified. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld will speak at the ceremony. It is open to the public, but designed for the families, cemetery spokeswoman Kerry Sullivan said.

Television coverage of Sept. 11 will be scaled back considerably from last year, according to officials at television networks and major cable channels. CBS, for instance, will limit its coverage to the live events and to reports during the regular news programs, said Sandy Genelius, a spokeswoman for CBS.

In all corners of the United States, Americans plan a range of commemorative events, from candlelight vigils and tree plantings to charity events, like the Patriot Run in Kansas City, and activities that promote civic involvement. In Portland, Mich., a partially melted beam from the World Trade Center will be incorporated into a memorial at a riverfront park. In Hattiesburg, Miss., two 800-pound stainless steel replicas of the Twin Towers will be unveiled on Sept. 11.