今天（2019年9月11日）标志着9/11恐怖袭击事件发生18周年，美国各地的人们将纪念世界贸易中心遗址，五角大楼和联合航空公司袭击中遇难的2,983名男女和儿童。 93号航班在宾夕法尼亚州尚克斯维尔附近坠毁。
美国东部时间上午8:40开始，将在曼哈顿下城世贸中心9/11纪念广场举行纪念仪式。根据该组织的网站，在仪式上，只有2001年和1993年世界贸易中心袭击受害者的家属才能进入9/11纪念馆和博物馆。该纪念馆将于美国东部时间下午3点重新开放，但博物馆将全天关闭。
9/11袭击事件和1993年世界贸易中心爆炸事件造成的男女老少的名字将在官方周年庆典上大声朗读。在9/11纪念网站上可以找到仪式期间要阅读的完整名单。
由代表FDNY，NYPD和港务局警察的人组成的仪仗队也将参加仪式。
活动方案如下：
- 上午8:46：默哀一分钟，以纪念劫机者故意将美国航空公司的11号航班撞毁至北塔楼的93至99层（1 WTC）
- 上午9:03：默哀一分钟，以纪念劫机者故意将联合航空公司175号航班撞毁至南塔楼（WTC）的77至85层
- 上午9:37：默哀一分钟，以纪念劫机者故意撞毁美国航空公司77号航班进入华盛顿特区附近的五角大楼
- 上午9:59：沉默一分钟，以纪念南塔（2 WTC）倒塌
- 上午10:03：默哀一分钟，在得知其他袭击事件后，美国联合航空公司93号航班上的乘客对飞机上的劫机者进行了反击，试图控制飞机。作为回应，劫机者将飞机撞向宾夕法尼亚州尚克斯维尔附近的空地
- 上午10:28：默认一分钟，以纪念北塔（1 WTC）倒塌
仪式可以在9/11 Memorial Facebook页面或911memorial.org/live上观看。广播，如CBS和ABC还将展示式直播。
9/11 MEMORIAL CEREMONY: WHERE TO WATCH LIVE, WHAT TIME DOES IT START?
Today (September 11, 2019) marks 18 years since the 9/11 terrorist attacks and people across America will be honoring the 2,983 men, women and children that were killed in the attacks at the World Trade Center site, the Pentagon and aboard United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
A commemoration ceremony will be taking place at the 9/11 Memorial plaza at the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan, starting at 8:40 a.m. EST. According to the organization's website, during the ceremony, the 9/11 Memorial & Museum will be accessible to only the family members of the victims of the 2001 and 1993 World Trade Center attacks. The memorial will reopen to the public at 3 p.m. EST but the museum will be closed all day.
The names of the men, women and children killed as a result of the 9/11 attacks and the 1993 World Trade Center bombings will be read aloud at the official anniversary ceremony. A complete list of the names to be read during the ceremony can be found on the 9/11 Memorial website.
An honor guard, made up of individuals representing the FDNY, NYPD and Port Authority Police, will also participate in the ceremony.
The program of events is as follows:
- 8:46 a.m.: One minute of silence to mark when the hijackers deliberately crashed American Airlines Flight 11 into floors 93 through 99 of the North Tower (1 WTC)
- 9:03 a.m.: One minute of silence to mark when hijackers deliberately crashed United Airlines Flight 175 into floors 77 through 85 of the South Tower (2 WTC)
- 9:37 a.m.: One minute of silence to mark when hijackers deliberately crashed American Airlines Flight 77 into the Pentagon, near Washington, D.C.
- 9:59 a.m.: One minute of silence to mark when the South Tower (2 WTC) collapsed
- 10:03 a.m.: One minute of silence to mark when, after learning of the other attacks, passengers on United Airlines Flight 93 launched a counterattack on hijackers aboard their plane to try to seize control of the aircraft. In response, the hijackers crashed the plane into an empty field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania
- 10:28 a.m.: One minute of silence to mark when the North Tower (1 WTC) collapsed
The ceremony can be watched live on the 9/11 Memorial Facebook page or on 911memorial.org/live. Broadcasters such as CBS and ABC will be showing the ceremony live.
