Trump arrives at Pentagon for observance event
President Trump has arrived at the Pentagon for the remembrance event. He and first lady Melania Trump are expected to lay a wreath before the official ceremony begins.
New York begins ceremony reading names of 9/11 victims
The ceremony in New York began at 8:46 a.m., when there was a moment of silence to mark the time the first plane hit the North Tower.
Families of those killed on Sept. 11 began reading the names of the victims at 8:48 a.m.
There will be five other moments of silence, one at 9:03 a.m. to mark when the second plane hit the South Tower, then one at 9:37 a.m. when the Pentagon was struck and then the fourth one will be at 9:59 a.m., when the South Tower collapsed. There will be a fifth moment of silence at 10:03 a.m. marking when the hijacked plane in Shanksville crashed and then finally, one at 10:28 a.m., when the North Tower collapsed.
JD Vance cancels visit to Ground Zero to go to Utah, source says
Vice President JD Vance will no longer go to New York on Thursday, a source said. Vance and second lady Usha Vance will instead travel to Utah, where conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed at an event at Utah Valley University.
The Vances will pay their respects to Kirk’s family in Salt Lake City.
