9/11 Memorial Schedule

Memorial events are being held around the country to mark the somber anniversary, most prominently at the World Trade Center site, the Pentagon and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where United Flight 93 went down after passengers tried to take back control of the hijacked jet.

The ceremony at the World Trade Center site will will be attended by President Obama, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, as well as the people who were in charge on 9/11: former President George W. Bush; former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, and former Governor George Pataki. The current and former lawmakers won't be giving any speeches, but will instead read short poems or quotes. Family members of the victims will read the names of the 2,983 people killed in the attacks, including 2,753 in New York, 184 at the Pentagon, 40 at Shanksville, and six who died in the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center. Although victims' names have been read aloud during the previous years' anniversary ceremonies, this is the first time all of the names will be read. The ceremony will pause six times, representing when each of the Twin Towers was struck and when they fell, when the Pentagon was hit, and when Flight 93 crashed in Pennsylvania:

• 8:46 a.m. -- American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into WTC north tower
• 9:03 a.m. -- United Airlines Flight 175 crashed into the WTC south tower
• 9:40 a.m. -- American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon
• 9:59 a.m. -- WTC south tower collapsed
• 10:07 a.m. -- United Airlines Flight 93 crashed in Shanksville
• 10:28 a.m. -- WTC north tower collapsed

Family members of the victims will then be allowed inside the 9/11 Memorial, which will officially open on Sunday.