9/11 services in New York City, DC, Pennsylvania

Joseph Quinn, who list his brother, Jimmy, appealed to Americans to regain the sense of unity that welled up after the terror attacks.

On September 11, 2001, two hijacked airplanes crashed into the World Trade Center twin towers in NY, while one hijacked plane later crashed at the Pentagon office building in Washington, DC.

Overall, 2,605 US citizens, including 2,135 civilians, died in the attacks, while an additional 372 non-U.S. citizens (excluding the 19 perpetrators) also perished, which represented about 12 percent of the total.

Clinton – a former NY senator – has frequently highlighted her efforts, including in a campaign ad released Friday, to aid those affected by the World Trade Center collapse.

In New York, police and relatives of those killed in the World Trade Center began the annual reading of the names of the victims at Ground Zero, now the site of the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum.

A mourner places a flag in the Empty Sky memorial the morning of the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in New Jersey, Sept. 11, 2016.

The reading of the names will be interrupted by several periods of silence to mark pivotal moments of the 2001 attacks: 9.03 a.m., when the second plane struck the south tower; 9.37 a.m., when Flight 77 struck the Pentagon; 9.59 a.m., when the South Tower fell; 10.03 a.m., when Flight 95 crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania; and 10.28 a.m., when the North Tower fell, USA Today reported.

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Acquaviva said that although he thinks of Paul daily, the anniversary of the attacks remains a special day. “My wife and I lost everything”.

The names of the 2,983 victims will be read slowly by relatives as music plays during a ceremony at the 9/11 Memorial plaza in Lower Manhattan that will pause for six moments of silence.

Hillary Clinton’s campaign says the Democratic presidential nominee left the 9-11 anniversary ceremony in NY early after feeling “overheated”.

Presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are expected to attend a ceremony at the rebuilt site.

As they have been in past 9/11 commemorations in NY, the names of the 2,983 killed that horrifying day will be read slowly by their relatives as music plays in the background. His office reportedly said that the former president will be attending church in Dallas and then proceed to the Dallas Cowboys home opener against the New York Giants.

Mija Quigley, of Princeton Junction, N.J., embraces the name of her son, Patrick Quigley, during ceremonies marking the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center in NY.

In his weekly radio address on Saturday, U.S. President Barack Obama said it had been one of the darkest days in the history of the nation, but that it underlined the core values and resilience that define Americans. We realized that anyone can be the victim of a terrorist attack at any time, even in America.

Writing on Twitter Sunday, Secretary of State John Kerry said, “On 9/11, we remember those we lost, those who tried to save them. We can not react in ways that erode the fabric of our society”. “Be the connection we all desperately need”.

The president also reiterated the country’s commitment in fighting against terrorist outfits like the al-Qaida and the Islamic State group.