![]() ![]() Over the last two decades, the NYPD has undergone a dramatic transformation, growing in capacity, reach, and power. history: a reckoning over race and policing, here in New York City and across the country. The 20th anniversary comes amid another critical moment in U.S. ![]() The series explores how the terror attacks 20 years ago fundamentally changed the NYPD. Dozens of journalists and engineers in the WNYC newsroom came together to produce this series for Gothamist and WNYC radio. You can also read WNYC/Gothamist's series, September 11 and NYPD: The Legacy. The program includes a segment on John Adams’ Pulitzer Prize-winning composition "On the Transmigration of Souls," performed by the Brooklyn Youth Chorus and the New York Philharmonic. Then, at 11 a.m., WNYC will air " Blindspot: The Road to 9/11 ," a two-hour radio documentary adapted from the nine-part podcast hosted by WNYC's Jim O Grady.Ĭlassical music station WQXR also has special programming planned throughout the day on September 11. WNYC will cover special live coverage, hosted by Brian Lehrer, of the ceremonies beginning at 8:35 a.m. Its central skylight fits this alignment and washes the Oculus floor with a beam of light." The World Trade Center Oculus, the $4 billion bird-like structure to the southeast of the 9/11 Memorial plaza, was situated with September 11th in mind: The Port Authority explained that the building, designed by Rafael Vinoly, "is in alignment with the sun’s solar angles on each September 11, from 8:46 am, when the first plane struck, until 10:28 am, when the second tower collapsed. Its powerful symbolism-the lights can be seen from 60 miles away-resonated so much that it's become a part of 9/11 reflections. The installation, designed by John Bennett, Gustavo Bonevardi, Richard Nash Gould, Julian Laverdiere, Paul Myoda and lighting designer Paul Marantz, was produced by the Municipal Art Society and Creative Time for the six-month anniversary of the attacks. If you are traveling in Lower Manhattan on Saturday, expect street closures and delays in your commute.Īt dusk, the Tribute in Light will return, with the twin beams-made up of 88 7,000-watt xenon light bulbs placed in two 48-foot squares-reaching to the sky until sunrise. ![]() The 9/11 Memorial plaza will open to the public at 3 p.m. ) Of the 2,753 people killed in New York on 9/11, the remains of 1,106 have yet to be identified. (You can learn more about how the names are arranged and more about victim here at. Moment of silence (observance of time of the fall of the North Tower)Ī complete list of names of all 2,983 victims-from the 2001 attacks at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and on Flight 93 and the victims of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing-that are inscribed on the Memorial can be found at /names-memorial-0. Moment of silence (observance of time United Airlines Flight 93 crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania)ġ0:28 a.m. Moment of silence (observance of time of the fall of the South Tower)ġ0:03 a.m. Moment of silence (observance of time American Airlines Flight 77 struck the Pentagon)ĩ:59 a.m. Moment of silence (observance of time United Airlines Flight 175 struck the South Tower)ĩ:37 a.m. Reading of names by family members beginsĩ:03 a.m. (Houses of worship will toll their bells throughout the city) Citywide moment of silence (observance of time American Airlines Flight 11 struck the North Tower) Family members will read the names of the victims, punctuated by five more moments of silence, marking when the South Tower was hit, when each tower fell, when the Pentagon was struck, and when Flight 93 crashed.Įlected officials and other dignitaries, such as President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden New York Governor Kathy Hochul and Mayor Bill de Blasio, will be in attendance.Ī livestream of the ceremony can be seen at /live.Ĩ:46 a.m. with a moment of silence to note when American Airlines Flight 11 struck the North Tower. The ceremony, which is for family members of victims, begins at 8:46 a.m. The National 9/11 Memorial and Museum is holding the annual commemoration of the day in Lower Manhattan, at the 9/11 Memorial plaza at the World Trade Center, paying tribute to the 2,977 people who died at the Twin Towers, Pentagon, and on Flight 93 which crashed in Shanksville, as well as the six people killed during the Februbombing at the World Trade Center. Saturday marks the 20th anniversary of the Septemattacks on New York City Washington D.C. ![]()
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