On a bright and sunny morning much like the one five years ago today, New York City observed the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11.
At 8:46 a.m., shortly after the beginning of the ceremony at the site of the former World Trade Center, a moment of silence marked the time that the north tower was struck by a plane. Then church bells rang and rang.
The event, a sad and annual ritual, also paused at 9:03 a.m., the time the south tower was struck, at 9:59, when it collapsed, and at 10:29, when the north tower fell.
On an elevated stage on the west side of the concrete crater once occupied by the twin towers, 230 spouses, partners and significant others of the 2,749 World Trade Center victims read their loved ones' names.
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