AP The sun rises over thousands of mourners during a ceremony Monday, Sept. 11, 2006 at the World Trade Center site in New York marking the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attacks.

The sorrowful task of reading the names of the 2,749 victims of the trade center attacks fell to spouses and partners.

MEMORIALS AROUND THE COUNTRY

• In Shanksville, Pa., where United Flight 93 crashed to the ground, people arrived at a temporary memorial -- a 10-foot chainlink fence covered with American flags, firefighter helmets and children's drawings.
• Moments of silence were held at 8:46 a.m. in the American and United terminals of Logan International Airport in Boston. American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 took off from Logan before slamming into the towers.
• Firefighters in Akron, Ohio, planned to display 3,000 American flags on a 10-acre plot in a western Ohio village.
• In Virginia Beach, Va., firefighters and members of the public planned to form a human flag.

THE PRESIDENT

• AP Friends and relatives of the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks gather during the playing of the national anthem at ground zero on the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Monday, Sept. 11, 2006 in New York.

  President Bush visited ground zero Sunday and on Monday was to visit the two other attack sites: Shanksville, where 40 people were killed, and the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., where 184 died.
• Bush also planned a prime-time address from the Oval Office.

HEAR IT

Family members read the names of those who died in the World Trade Center attacks.

Only registered users can write comments.
Please login or register.