9/11 in NYC

Here is a partial list of 9/11-related events on Tuesday. Rain is expected; anyone attending outdoor events is encouraged to bring an umbrella.

New York City Commemoration Ceremony

The city’s official observance of 9/11 will take place at Zuccotti Park, on Liberty Street between Broadway and Church Streets. Responders to the attack and recovery will be reading the names of the victims, while music will provide a backdrop throughout the program. The ceremony will pause at four moments – twice to mark the times that each plane hit the towers, and twice to mark the time when each tower fell. While the names are read, family members will be able to descend the ramp single file to a limited area at the lowest level of the site where they may lay flowers and return to street level.

7 a.m. Families begin to gather at the World Trade Center site.

8:40 a.m. Program begins. Introduction of statewide moment of silence

8:46 a.m. Moment of silence (observance of time first plane struck North Tower). Houses of worship will toll their bells throughout the city.

9:03 a.m. Moment of silence (observance of time second plane struck South Tower).

9:59 a.m. Moment of silence (observance of time of fall of the South Tower).

10:29 a.m. Moment of silence (observance of time of fall of the North Tower).

12:30 p.m. Program concludes.

“Tribute in Light”

The “Tribute in Light” will return to ground zero, West and Morris Streets, for one night, beginning at sunset and fading away at dawn on Sept. 12. There will be no formal program. The lights are best seen when it is completely dark; sunset is expected to occur at 7:12 p.m. tonight and sunrise is expected to occur at 6:33 a.m. on Wednesday.

Trinity Church and St. Paul’s Chapel

Trinity Church, at Wall Street and Broadway, and St. Paul’s Chapel, the 1766 Episcopal church at 211 Broadway, that escaped destruction on Sept. 11, 2001, have scheduled the following events:

8:46 a.m. In the St. Paul’s churchyard, The Rev. Dr. James H. Cooper, the rector of Trinity, will ring the “Bell of Hope” that stands in the churchyard of St. Paul’s Chapel. The bell, given to the city by the Lord Mayor of London a year after the attacks, was created from the foundry in the East End of London where the original Liberty Bell was cast. The chapel will commence the ringing of the bells – 3,018 changes, one ring for each life lost.

12:05 p.m. At Trinity Church, Reverend Cooper will lead a special Holy Eucharist service, joined by Sir David Manning, the British ambassador to the United States.

1:30 p.m. St. Paul’s will hold a special civic service of remembrance. The Rev. Dr. Stuart H. Hoke, the Trinity chaplain and St. Paul’s missioner, will offer a sermon of reflection, remembrance and hope.

St. Patrick’s Cathedral

10:30 a.m. A Mass to honor the Fire Department’s Third Division, main altar.

7 p.m. A 9/11 memorial concert, main altar.

St. Peter’s Church

2 p.m. Interfaith remembrance service to honor 84 employees of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey who were killed on Sept. 11, 2001, as well as the victims of the 1993 trade center bombing. St. Peter’s, at Barclay and Church Streets, is the oldest Roman Catholic parish in the city.

New York Buddhist Church

The church is holding its fourth annual Floating Lanterns Ceremony, along with New York Disaster Interfaith Services, the Buddhist Council of New York and the Interfaith Center of New York, on the south side of Pier 40, along the Hudson River at West Houston Street. The service will be led by the Rev. T. Kenjitsu Nakagaki, the head minister at the church.

6 p.m. Participants will have the opportunity to write loved ones’ names or messages for peace on the lanterns.

6:30 p.m. The ceremony will begin with music from Soh Daiko, a procession with Tibetan horn, and the music of Takako Yamamura and Russell Daisey, followed by interfaith meditation and prayers by religious leaders, with sutra chanting, greetings and messages, and the New York Men’s Choir.

8 p.m. The floating lighted lanterns will be released on the waters of the Hudson River just north of ground zero, accompanied by the chanting of Buddhist priests.

Driving Information and Street Closings

The city has published a list of streets where restrictions on pedestrian activity, vehicular traffic and parking are in effect.

Suburban Events

West Orange, N.J.: A solemn ceremony, beginning at 8 a.m. at the Essex County Eagle Rock Eagle Rock Reservation, will include a brief program with family members who lost a loved one. Memorial wreaths will be placed at the monument and a new American flag will be raised. A string quartet will perform from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Middletown, N.J.: Middletown, which lost 37 residents in the attack, will host a remembrance ceremony at 8:46 a.m. at the World Trade Center Memorial Gardens. There will be a wreath-laying ceremony followed by a walk through the gardens.

Hoboken, N.J.: The first of a number of 9/11 commemorations in Hudson County begins at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday when Our Lady of Grace Church at 400 Willow Avenue in Hoboken hosts a memorial Mass to honor public safety officials. The Hoboken Fire Department, Volunteer Ambulance Corps and Police Department, the Port Authority Police, as well as local politicians, are invited.

Jersey City, N.J.: The city’s 9/11 Memorial Committee service will begin at 8:20 a.m. Tuesday at the foot of Grand Street at the Hudson River. Bagpipers, musicians and a vocalist will perform.

Newtown, Conn.: A ceremony that will include special guests, a massing of the colors, a moment of silence and a rifle salute will be held at 8a.m. at the home of Newtown resident Howard Lasher on Route 302 near the Bethel/ Newtown border. Guests, including Newtown First Selectman Herb Rosenthal, will speak before a moment of silence is held at 8:46, followed by nine rings of a fire bell for Lasher’s nine friends, plus an additional ring for all the others who died on that day.

Seaford, N.Y.: The Seaford High School 9/11 Memorial is dedicated to the five Seaford High School graduates who perished on September 11th 2001. The SHS9/11 Memorial is located at the front of the Seaford High School on Seamans Neck Road.

Hempstead, N.Y.: A memorial service will be held at 8:30 a.m. at the Clark Botanic Garden, 193 I. U. Willets Road, Albertson Town, in the town of of North Hempstead.