Never forget.
On Wednesday, New York City and the nation will pause in remembrance of the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and Flight 93, which crashed in a field in Shanksville, Penna.
Here is what you need to know if you are visiting Lower Manhattan on Tuesday or Wednesday to pay your respects, including the annual ceremony at the World Trade Center Memorial and reading of the names of all 2,983 victims that awful day.
Brooklyn Wall of Remembrance
This event is on Tuesday, Sept. 10, the day before 9/11
An FDNY chaplain will officiate a candlelight ceremony at 7pm at this memorial, in Coney Island. The memorial is comprised of three granite walls, engraved with the portraits of all the first responders and one K-9 rescue dog who died at the World Trade Center. Firefighters from France are joining the ceremony.
- MCU Park, 1904 Surf Ave., Coney Island
9/11 World Trade Center Memorial and Museum
Starting at 5pm on Sept. 10, the Museum will be open only for the 9/11 community, which includes family members of both 9/11 and the 1993 WTC bombimg, 9/11 rescue and recovery workers, active duty first responders, 9/11 survivors, and Lower Manhattan business owners and residents.
- 9/11 community members can reserve free museum tickets here
On Wed., Sept. 11, the Museum and Memorial Plaza is closed to the public for a private ceremony for 9/11 family members until 3pm.
9/11 Memorial Service at World Trade Center Memorial
This annual event includes families of victims, honor guards from NYPD, NYFD and Port Authority. The ceremony includes the reading of the names of all 2,983 victims, by family members.
The ceremony will pause at six moments – twice to mark the moment that a plane hit one of the Twin Towers, twice to mark the time when each tower fell, and twice to mark the moments of the attacks on the Pentagon and on Flight 93.
Here is the schedule:
8:39 a.m. – Program begins
8:46 a.m. – Moment of silence (observance of time AA Flight 11 struck North Tower)
- Families of victims of 2001 and 1993 attacks will begin reading the names.
9:03 a.m. – Moment of silence (observance of time UA Flight 175 struck South Tower)
- Reading of names continues
9:37 a.m. – Moment of silence (observance of time AA Flight 77 struck the Pentagon)
- Reading of names continues
9:59 a.m. – Moment of silence (observance of time of fall of the South Tower)
- Reading of names continues
10:03 a.m. – Moment of silence (observance of time UA Flight 93 crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania)
- Reading of names continues
10:28 a.m. – Moment of silence (observance of time of fall of the North Tower)
- Reading of names continues to conclusion
12:30 p.m. – Program concludes
9/11 Memorial Names:
A complete list of the names of the 2,983 victims can be found at 911memorial.org/names-memorial.
Explore the names and learn more about each victim using the Memorial Guide.
Queen Elizabeth II Garden
- FREE, 11am, at Queen Elizabeth II Garden, Hanover Square, Lower Manhattan.
Tribute in Light
At 3pm on Sept. 11, the plaza re-opens to the public and remain open till midnight, allowing visitors to view the Tribute in Light.
The Tribute in Light returns for one night as a tribute to all those who were killed on 9/11.
The lights are located at West and Morris streets in Lower Manhattan, beginning at sunset on September 11, and will fade away at dawn on September 12. There is no formal program. The lights are best viewed when it is completely dark.
The twin beams mirror the shape and orientation of the Twin Towers.
The Tribute in Light also can be seen from a 60-mile radius around lower Manhattan.
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Free Admission to the Museum of Jewish Heritage
In memory of those who were lost in the attacks at the World Trade Center site and in honor of the first responders, the Museum invites the public to come reflect and remember on September 11 with FREE admission all day.
Free admission includes current exhibits Ordinary Treasures: Highlights from the Museum of Jewish Heritage Collection and The Pickman Keeping History Center
A memorial candle will be lit in the main lobby where visitors may pause to reflect.
Visitors are also welcome to visit the Garden of Stones by Andy Goldsworthy for a moment of contemplation. Planted by the artist, Holocaust survivors, and their families, this living memorial of trees growing from huge stones reminds us to remember and to carry our remembrance into the future.
The special Auschwitz exhibit requires a ticket, with timed entry.
“Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away.” is a massive exhibit of more than 1,000 artifacts and photos from more than 20 countries.
More than one million innocent souls were murdered in Auschwitz, including more than 250,000 children, in a twisted government policy of racism and anti-Semitism.
St. Paul’s Chapel
At 8:46 a.m., the rector of Trinity Church will ring the Bell of Hope, which was given to the city by the lord mayor of London a year after the attacks.
The historic church – where George Washington worshipped – miraculously survived the attacks a few blocks away and served as a relief mission for the rescue and recovery workers.
- FREE, Trinity Churchyard, Broadway and Fulton Street.
Free Screenings of the Documentary “2001”
‘Transformed Overnight: The Impact of 9/11:’ Wolfgang Staehle was working on a video art project when his webcams in Brooklyn, pointed toward lower Manhattan, happened to catch the moments when the Twin Towers were hit. The video has become forensic evidence, and a film titled “2001,”
It will be shown continuously for free on Wednesday throughout the day at these locations –
From 7am to 7pm at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, Amsterdam Ave. at 112th St.
From 7am to 7pm at the Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park
From 8:30am to 7pm, at the Brooklyn Historical Society, 1128 Pierrepont St.
It will be shown continuously for free on Wednesday
Also at the Brooklyn Historical Society, at 7 p.m., a panel of writers including Garret M. Graff (“The Only Plane in the Sky”) Giannina Braschi (“United States of Banana”), whose works focus on our shared experience of the attacks, will talk about the power of processing, documenting and bringing understanding.
Five Minute Stories
Members of the LGBTQ community tell how how 9/11 impacted their lives and our world at St. Mark’s Church-On-The-Bowery. Afterward, there will be a candlelight reception with snacks and drinks in the church courtyward.
- 7pm to 8:45pm at St. Mark’s Church-On-The-Bowery, 131 E. 10th St.
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