We Reflect but Move Forward: September 11, 2009
Friday, September 11, 2009 at 4:00PM President and Michelle Obama led a group of 200 White House staff, from maintenance workers and chef to top echelon advisers Rahm Emanuel and David Axelrod as a bell rang three times, before the crowd bowed their heads for a minute.
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama at White House, Sept. 11, 2009The moment honored more than 3,000 victims of the terrorist attack that crashed into both trade centers in New York, the Pentagon near Washington, and thanks to a rebellion by passengers on United Flight 93, into a field in Shanksville, Pa.
The World Trade Center towers in New York, Sept. 11, 2001In New York, Vice President and Mrs. Joe Biden joined the commemorative ceremonies at the World Trade Center site. Vice President Biden read a poem "Wild Geese" by American poet Mary Oliver.
Vice President Joe Biden, New York mayor Michael Bloomberg and Dr. Jill Biden attend Sept. 11 ceremonies in New York, Sept. 11, 2009See White House blog for more photos.
At Anne of Carversville, I have reposted my reflection from last year "Please Stay Tribute in Light", the World Needs You, September 11, 2008" and deferred my own post to the weekend, to accommodate a special poem received from a Muslim woman in London: A Muslim Woman Shares Her Soul, September 11, 2009. God Bless America. Anne



















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