NYT/AP: Nation Remembers Victims of 9 / 11 Attacks

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Nation Remembers Victims of 9 / 11 Attacks
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© Daniel P. Derella


NEW YORK (AP) -- America grieved the victims of Sept. 11 on Sunday as the brothers and sisters of the dead recited their loved ones' names and tearful messages of remembrance to a weeping crowd gathered at the site where the World Trade Center once stood.

The roll of the lost began with Gordon M. Aamoth Jr., an investment bank employee. Then, one after another, the names echoed across the site where the twin towers collapsed four years ago in a nightmarish cloud of dust and debris.

Relatives in the crowd bowed their heads and sobbed as speakers uttered brief, personal messages to the brothers and sisters they lost.

''You're still our hero, please keep watching over us,'' Elizabeth Ahearn said to her brother, fire lieutenant Brian Ahearn....

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Two light beams inspired by the twin towers were to shoot skyward Sunday night in an echo of the towers' silhouette. The ''Tribute in Light'' will fade away at dawn on Monday.


http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Sept-11-Anniversary.html?oref=login