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In
this Friday, Sept. 8, 2017 photo, the National September 11 Memorial and
Museum, bottom, is surrounded by high-rise towers in New York. The new towers
are: WTC 1, second from left, WTC 7, third from left, WTC 3, second from right,
and WTC 4, right. Monday will mark the sixteenth anniversary of the terrorist
attacks. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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Donald Trump is preparing
for his first commemoration of the 9/11 attacks as president.
Associated
Press report continues:
The
White House says Trump and first lady Melania Trump will observe a moment of
silence Monday morning in remembrance of the nearly 3,000 people killed 16
years ago when hijackers flew commercial airplanes into New York's World Trade
Centre, the Pentagon and a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
The
moment of silence is scheduled for about the time the first airplane struck one
of the Twin Towers.
Trump
also plans to participate in a 9/11 observance at the Pentagon.
Vice President Mike Pence will represent the administration at a ceremony at a memorial near Shanksville.
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