NYC Officials Finalize 9-11 Anniversary Ceremony

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NYC Officials Finalize 9-11 Anniversary Ceremony

One by one, 2,801 victims' names will be read aloud. To the mother of the man whose name is first on the list, the tragic recitation will bring home to listeners the magnitude of the World Trade Center disaster.

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One by one, 2,801 victims' names will be read aloud. To the mother of the man whose name is first on the list, the tragic recitation will bring home to listeners the magnitude of the New York City (NYC) World Trade Center disaster.

Mary Aamoth of Minneapolis, mother of Gordy Aamoth, said she and her husband, Gordon, will be watching on television Wednesday as former Mayor Rudy Giuliani reads their son's name at the ceremony marking the anniversary of the terror attacks.

"I'm very pleased and impressed with how dignified, solemn and appropriate the service appears to be," Aamoth said. Her 32-year-old son worked at Sandler O'Neill & Partners on the 104th floor of the south tower.

Giuliani was scheduled to lead a parade of dignitaries reading the victims' names in alphabetical order. Others include Secretary of State Colin Powell, actor Robert De Niro and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.

The program is to begin and end with moments of silence at 8:46 a.m. �� when the first plane hit �� and just before 10:30 a.m., when the second tower collapsed.

After the first moment of silence, Gov. George Pataki will read from the Gettysburg Address, and Mayor Michael Bloomberg will introduce the reading of the names.

The ceremony will conclude with a reading from the Declaration of Independence by New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey.

Many of the 197 people scheduled to read names lost loved ones in the attacks.

At about 9:04 a.m., families are invited to descend the ramp that extends into the seven-story pit, where they can pick up a rose and place it in a vase for an arrangement that will be preserved for a permanent memorial.

Source: Ageeencies

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