Schedule for World Trade Center ceremony marking the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks

September 10, 10:46 PMNY Government ExaminerMichael A. Harris

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Examiner.com will bring you comprehensive coverage of Friday morning's ceremony marking the eighth anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 live from the World Trade Center site in New York City.

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Below is the schedule for the World Trade Center Site, where preparations were underway all day Thursday, as released by the City of New York:

8:40 AM         Program begins

Bagpipers and drummers lead World Trade Center Flag to the stage

Brooklyn Youth Chorus performs Star Spangled Banner

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg introduces moment of silence

8:46 AM         Moment of silence (observance of time first plane struck North Tower)
(Houses of worship will toll their bells throughout the City)

Family Reading #1 - Jay Winuk

Mayor Bloomberg introduces the reading of the names

Family members and those who voluntarily give their time to help others will begin reading the names in pairs

• There will be 115 pairs (230 readers) who will continue until all names are read
• Music will provide a backdrop throughout the program
• Families will proceed to the World Trade Center Site where they may lay flowers

9:03 AM         Moment of silence (observance of time second plane struck South Tower)

Vice President Joseph R. Biden delivers reading     

Family Reading #2 - Grace Alviar

New York Governor David A. Paterson delivers reading

Reading of names continues/music resumes                             

9:59 AM         Moment of silence (observance of time of fall of the South Tower)

New Jersey Governor Jon S. Corzine delivers reading    

Family Reading #3 - KC Gross            

Former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani delivers reading

Reading of names continues/music resumes

10:29 AM       Moment of silence (observance of time of fall of the North Tower)
Carly Simon, Benjamin Taylor & Sally Taylor perform “Let The River Run” Former New York Governor

George E. Pataki delivers reading                    

Reading of names continues/music resumes

Reading of names concludes

Brooklyn Youth Chorus performs “Hero”

Taps performed by three trumpeters (NYPD, FDNY and PAPD)

12:30 PM       Program concludes

3:30 PM          World Trade Center Site closes