U.S. President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and Jill Biden (L-R) pause for a moment of silence on the 12th anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2001, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, September 11, 2013. REUTERS-Larry Downing
America Remembers The 3,000 Victims Of 9/11 Attacks At Ground Zero Anniversary Service To Mark 12th Anniversary -- Daily Mail
* The moving tribute started at 8:46 a.m. - the time when the first plane hit the twin towers back in 2001
* Families of the victims started reading aloud the names of the almost 3,000 people who died
* A second bell tolled at 9:03 a.m. to mark when the second plane hit the towers, then the reading of names resumed
* President Obama marked the 12th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks with a moment of silence on the South Lawn of the White House
Relatives of the September 11 victims gathered at ground zero today to commemorate the 12th anniversary of the attack that killed almost 3,000 people.
The moment of silence at 8:46 a.m. Wednesday marked when the first plane hit the twin towers on a clear, sunny day in 2001. Then, families of the victims started reading aloud the names of those who died.
Along with the names of those who died when the hijacked jets crashed into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were read out at the ceremony at the two-year-old memorial plaza. Those killed in the hijacked Flight 93 and the victims of the 1993 trade center bombing were also read aloud.
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