9/11 Tribute Center programs are offered throughout the year. Lectures, educational workshops and support programs are available to unite family members who lost loved ones, survivors, Lower Manhattan residents, rescue and recovery workers and volunteers who assisted in the aftermath of 9/11. Visit tributewtc.org for a schedule of upcoming programs and events.
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National September 11 Memorial Ceremony for 9/11 Families
September 11, 2018 @ 7:00 am - 12:30 pm
The National September 11 Memorial & Museum will hold a private ceremony exclusively for 9/11 family members on the Memorial Plaza in observance of the anniversary of the terrorist attacks of 9/11. The ceremony will begin at 8:30am and is expected to conclude around 12:30pm, with the Memorial Plaza remaining open until midnight.
Family check-in will begin at 7:00am at Greenwich and Fulton Streets.
The ceremony will pause at six moments – twice to mark the times that each plane hit the towers, twice to mark the time when each tower fell and to mark the moments of the attacks on the Pentagon and on Flight 93.
The first moment of silence will be at 8:46am, and houses of worship have been asked to toll their bells at that time. The ceremony will conclude at approximately 12:30pm (this is subject to change).
A preliminary outline of the event program is as follows (details and times subject to change)
-8:39am – Program begins
-8:46am – Moment of silence (observance of time American Airlines Flight 11 struck the North Tower)
-Families of victims of 2001 and 1993 attacks will begin reading the names.
-9:03am – Moment of silence (observance of time United Airlines Flight 175 struck theSouth Tower)
-Reading of names continues
-9:37am – Moment of silence (observance of time American Airlines Flight 77 struck the Pentagon)
-Reading of names continues
-9:59am – Moment of silence (observance of time of the collapse of the South Tower)
-Reading of names continues
-10:03am – Moment of silence (observance of time United Airlines Flight 93 crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania)
-Reading of names continues
-10:28am – Moment of silence (observance of time of the collapse of the North Tower)
-Reading of names continues to conclusion
-12:30pm – Program concludes
The 9/11 Memorial Museum will open for family members at 7:30am with last entry at 7:00pm. As always, tickets to the Museum are free for family members, but due to capacity constraints and to help ensure your timely admission, advance reservations are recommended. Please call 212-266-5201 or click here to reserve your spot.
National September 11 Memorial & Museum
180 Greenwich Street
New York, NY