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US marks 9/11 sans politicians at ground zero
Tuesday September 11, 2012 07:58:45 PM,
Arun Kumar, IANS
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Washington: Eleven
years after terrorist attacks destroyed New York World Trade Center's twin towers, thousands gathered Tuesday at ground zero
and elsewhere to mark the traumatic event in sombre ceremonies
sans politicians.
In the midst of a heated election campaign, both President Barack
Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney have decided to
steer away from any political talk in a simple gesture of homage
to the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
Obama has scheduled a moment of silence at the White House and a
trip to the Pentagon, the target of one of four planes Al Qaeda
hijacked 11 years ago.
Romney, meanwhile, is set to address the National Guard, whose
members deployed as part of the US response to the attacks.
Vice President Joe Biden, who grew up in Scranton Pennsylvania, is
expected to attend a memorial service at Shanksville in the same
state where 40 passengers aboard United Flight 93 were killed when
that plane crashed as they revolted against their hijackers.
At the Pentagon outside of Washington, where more than 180 were
killed when a hijacked plane was flown into it, Defense Secretary
Leon Panetta will speak in a ceremony that will be closed to the
public, attended only by victims' families.
In previous years, politicians including presidents, state
governors and New York City mayors have participated in the
reading of the names, or have read from the Bible or recited
passages from literature, at commemoration ceremonies in the
United States.
This year, only the families of the more than 2,750 who were
killed when militant Islamist hijackers crashed two jetliners into
the World Trade Center's Twin Towers, causing their collapse, will
appear on the podium to read their names.
Six years since construction began the tower known as 1 WTC will
soon surpass the height of the Empire State Building's roof. It is
scheduled for completion in 2014, with 90 floors and 3 million
square feet.
"US Struggles With How To Remember 9/11" said USA Today commenting
on the low key ceremonies this year noting that while the "attacks
still elicit sadness, anxiety and anger for many" most Americans
according to a new American Pulse Survey "have moved on".
(Arun Kumar can be contacted at arun.kumar@ians.in)
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