Six Years Later

Country, relatives mark anniversary of 9/11 attacks

By Sam Gale Rosen, Newser Staff

Posted Sep 11, 2007 5:29 PM CDT

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Six Years Later — Nick mourns his girlfriend Angie Rosario who died on Sept. 11th on the perimeter of Ground Zero on the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2007 in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) (Associated Press)

Relatives gathered at a park near Ground Zero to remember the victims of the World Trade Center attacks today—the first anniversary without a clear blue sky, notes the New York Daily News. It was also the first time the memorial was moved away from the footprints of the towers. "Just so long as we continue to do something special every year," said one victim's aunt.

About 3,500 people gathered in New York this year, down from 4,700 last year. Memorials also took place in Shanksville, Pa., and at the Pentagon. "We cannot touch our loved ones today, those that we lost," said Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. "Therefore, we ask God to hug them for us." (More Ground Zero stories.)

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