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New York City Memorial Events - 10th Anniversary - 9/11/2011September 11, 2011 marks the Tenth anniversary of 9/11. There will be several memorial events in the New York City area to honor and remember the victims of September 11th and to come together as a community. I've included those that I thought would be of most interest to our PA family. September 11 Memorial Events in New York CityWTC Site Memorial Ceremony and Remembrance 2011
Beginning at 8:40 a.m., victims’ families will
be joined by President Barack Obama, Governors'
Chris Christie of New Jersey and Andrew Cuomo of
New York, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg
and other officials. Six moments of
silence will mark the times that jets struck the
twin towers, then the Pentagon (9:37 a.m.); the
South Tower’s collapse (9:59 a.m.); the crash of
Flight 93 in Shanksville, PA. (10:03 a.m.), and
North Tower’s collapse (10:28 a.m.). At sunset, the
famous "Tribute in Light" will return to the
skies above New York City for the night. September 11 Remembrance at Trinity Church
The
historic Trinity Church will open at midnight
for an all-night vigil and labyrinth walk. A Day
of Remembrance service will take place from
12:30-2:00PM.........more September 11 Services at St. Peter's Church - PA Service at 2:00pm, PAPD Service at 3:00pm
Sunday, September 11, 2011 9/11 WTC Memorial Annual Floating Lanterns Ceremony
National Day of Service and Remembrance - CNN Impact Your World
As
part of his community service initiative,
President Barack Obama has declared September 11
as a National Day of Service and Remembrance in
memory of the victims of the terrorist attacks
of September 11, 2001. Above, workers return the
"Last Column" to the World Trade Center site;
the flag-draped steel beam was the last one to
be removed from the site and will a permanent
exhibit at the National 9/11 Memorial & Museum.
Observe September 11th
by helping people in need.
NYCares - A day of Service
& Remembrance
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The
official New York City observance of the
anniversary of 9/11 will take place at the World
Trade Center site on the morning of Sunday,
September 11th, 2011. In honor of the federal designation of September 11th as a
National Day of Service and Remembrance, family
members will read the names of all 2,751 victims
aloud.
Attend
a ceremony of remembrance at the historic
Trinity Church. At 8:46 AM, the church bells
will toll in honor of those who died on
September 11, 2001. 
There
will be at least four public remembrance
services just about every hour, the first
service starting at 8:46am and the last public
service at approximately 1pm. There will be two
interfaith services for the Port Authority one for
employees and retirees and a second service for Port Authority
Police. In past years they were at 2:00pm for
Port Authority employees and retirees and 3:00pm for Port
Authority Police. I have verified both the 2:00pm
mass and the 3:00pm mass but if any mass before
runs longer all could be slightly delayed..........
The
Interfaith Center of New York will present a