9/11 anniversary remembered near new museum
By Lorena Mongelli and Post Wires
Heartbroken New Yorkers descended on Lower Manhattan on Thursday, solemnly marking the 13th anniversary of America’s darkest day and the murders of nearly 3,000 innocent souls.
Grieving relatives wore light blue ribbons and many brought pictures – from wallet-sized snapshots to framed portraits – to honor their loved ones at Thursday’s sad gathering near Ground Zero.
There were no speeches at the ceremony, only the reading of 2,983 names, which included victims of 9/11 and the 1993 World Trade Center bombings.
There was a moment silence at 8:46 a.m., marking the moment when American Airlines Flight 11 struck the North Tower.
After opera star Alaysha Fox sang the national anthem, survivors began reading names.
One of the readers, Diane Massaroli, the widow of a Cantor Fitzgerald vice president killed on 9/11, said she thinks of her late hubby every day.
“My husband Michael Massaroli, we love you, we miss you and not a day goes by that we don’t think of you,” she said.
Another reader, James Gallagher, said he’s sure dad John Patrick Gallagher, heard him on Thursday.
“Dad, even though you’re not on this earth anymore I know you’re looking down at us and smiling,” Gallagher said of his dad, an electricity trader at Cantor Fitzgerald.
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