Vigils and ceremonies were heldnationwide as the country mourned on the third anniversary of the September 11terrorist attacks that left nearly 3,000 dead.
Both President George W. Bush andDemocratic presidential nominee John Kerry delivered radio addresses to thepublic expressing their grief from the attacks and resolve for the war onterrorism.
The names of the 2,749 people whodied in the World Trade Center attack were read aloud at a New York Cityceremony, while ceremonies were also held in Pennsylvania and in Washington,D.C. Sporting events were paused to observe the anniversary, among othermemorials held throughout the nation and globe.
Though a life of normalcy may beclose for some, others cannot help but remember the United States’ most recent”day of infamy.”
“A lot of us just wanted to move onbeyond the hurt,” said Chris Washington of Atlantic Records.
Washington’s office is located inmidtown Manhattan and he said that the only way some New Yorkers could move on wasthrough work.
“We didn’t want these people(terrorists) thinking that we couldn’t go on,” Washington said.
The attack on Pearl Harbor by theJapanese nearly 60 years before the September 11 attacks resulted in the U.S.entering a World War and the Japanese surrendering to the U.S. in 1945.
But whether or not the war on terrorwill be won and mastermind suspect Osama bin Laden will be captured in the timeframe it took the U.S. to defeat The Axis Powers has yet to be determined.
Despite the longevity of this “war,”Rudy Estess, a Baton Rouge attorney, will have to live with the day for therest of his life. Estess’ birthday is September 11 and he said that although helikes celebrating his birthday, the day is somber because of the attacks.
“It’s really one heck of a way toremember a birthday,” Estess said.
