Joe Torres of Sayreville, N.J., a fire captain from Elizabeth, N.J., kneels as he touches the name o

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Joe Torres of Sayreville, N.J., a fire captain from Elizabeth, N.J., kneels as he touches the name of his sister-in-law Krystine Bordenabe during observances held on the eleventh anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2012. (Photo discounted vacation packages by Craig Ruttle-Pool/Getty Images)
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discounted vacation packages The first of six moments of silence was held at 8:46 a.m., marking the time the first hijacked plane crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center. Bells tolled to mark the moments that planes hit the Twin Towers and when they fell.
For the first time in New York City, elected officials did not speak at the commemoration ceremony. Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced in July that this year s ceremony would only include relatives reading victims names .
Politicians still attended the ceremony, including former New York Gov. George Pataki, former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.
On this day, we honor the memories and the lives of those who were killed and the families who will never forget them, Cuomo said in a statement. We also honor the first responders who bravely put themselves in harm s way, many of whom never returned home.
Andrew Timson, 7, makes a rubbing of the name of his slain uncle Andrew Fisher during ceremonies for the eleventh anniversary of the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
As a new generation grows up without having witnessed the horror of September 11th, it is important to educate our children so they can understand the tragedy that unfolded on that day, the bravery and courage of our first responders, and the outpouring of goodwill in communities discounted vacation packages across New York and America as we recovered as one state and one nation, Cuomo said.
There s a lot of progress and it is also a time of memory of what took place but also a time to chart how much progress we ve made in getting back the city we love, said Janno Lieber, president of World Trade Center properties.
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