America changed irrevocably on September 11, 2001, when terrorism struck in New York, Washington D.C and Pennsylvania. Each year people around the country set aside time to remember those who died on that horrific day. We call it Patriot Day. New York/Washington, Sep 11, 2001.
Mourners in the U.S. gathered Friday to remember the nearly 3,000 people killed in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. President Obama has declared Sept. 11 as a National Day of Service and Remembrance.
In New York, Vice President Joe Biden and Mayor Michael Bloomberg gathered with families of the victims near the site of the attacks, now known as Ground Zero.
President Obama joined families of the victims for a memorial service at the Pentagon, which was also hit by another hijacked airliner on that fateful day.
Across America people gathered to mourn the lives lost that day. Including a ceremony at the gates of one of America’s oldest prison’s, San Quentin.
According to Public Information Officer Samuel Robinson, the ceremony at the prison was presided over by Chief Deputy Warden Vincent Cullen, with a number of the prison’s staff in attendance. At one point in the ceremony “Taps” was played while a moment of silence was observed. Also attending the ceremony was S. Q.’s finest; a group of inmates who are trained to attend to emergency situations that occur throughout the prison.
