The anniversary of September 11th brings us together as a country. Although President Bush did not make an appearance with the others near the ground zero construction site.
President Bush is spending the day in Washington. He attended a private prayer service at St. John’s Episcopal Church and held a moment of silence on the South Lawn of the White House (CNN.com).
The ceremony for the 2,974 victims began at 9:45 a.m. The list was recently updated to 2,974 from 2,973 when they added for the first time Felicia Dunn-Jones. Felicia was an attorney who was working a block from the World Trade Center when the attacks took place. She survived the fall of the towers, and for five months afterwards but died of lung disease that is blamed on the dust she inhaled.
The total number of victims killed at the World Trade Center site is 2,750. Forty were killed in Pennsylvania and 184 died at the Pentagon. Those numbers do not include the 19 hijackers (CNN.com).
The first responders and the firefighters who helped to rescue thousands on September 11th have became ill over time with respiratory problems and cancers. This is blamed on the World Trade Center towers’ toxic dust.
Tags: The War on Terror
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