Thousands Mark 9/11 Anniversary At Point Lookout, L.I.
Nearly 500 Long Islanders were among the 9/11 victims. More than 2,000 friends and family members of those victims attended the Point Lookout ceremony Sunday morning.
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Nearly 500 Long Islanders were among the 9/11 victims. More than 2,000 friends and family members of those victims attended the Point Lookout ceremony Sunday morning.
While the eyes of the world turned to the World Trade Center site and 9/11 National Memorial in Lower Manhattan for the ceremony marking 10 years since the attack on America, it was far from the only memorial taking place.
Thousands of firefighters stood at attention at the Firemen's Monument on Riverside Drive to pay tribute to their brothers and sisters lost on 9/11.
New Jerseyans across the state are marking the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks with events offering a poignant mixture of sadness and hope while honoring the 746 state residents killed on that day.
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Dahler was on his fire escape, only a few blocks north of the World Trade Center, with a clear view of the Twin Towers, talking live on national television when the second plane hit.
Designed by architects Jessica Jamroz and Frederic Schwarz, the memorial's towers are sunk into a berm and divided by a granite walkway that faces on a line to the World Trade Center site across the Hudson River.
Anti-terror efforts include checkpoints at bridges and tunnels, along with security sweeps at parking garages and city landmarks with portable radiation detectors.
"The world may have called them brave, but we just call it doing our jobs," said Fire Commissioner Salvatore Cassano. "They died doing what they joined the fire department to do: helping others."
"We want to remember and we want to honor all the fallen heroes and some of our friends who died in the attacks," said Bonnie Pomerantz of Tribeca.
They said a red, 2001 Yamaha motorcycle went over the guide rail and fell nearly 20 feet to the lower roadway.
At the starting point late Saturday morning, the mayor, who is in his third and final term, emphasized the 10th anniversary of the trade center attack on Sept. 11, 2001.
