National September 11 Memorial opens
Monday, Sept. 12, 2011, was the first day that the National September 11 Memorial was opened to the public in the 9/11 memorial plaza in the World Trade Center site in New York .
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An American flag hangs from partially-built 1 World Trade Center as visitors stroll the grounds of the 9/11 memorial plaza in the World Trade Center site in New York Monday, Sept. 12, 2011, on the first day that the National September 11 Memorial was opened to the public. (
Mike Segar, Pool The Spokesman-Review
Visitors to the National September 11 Memorial pay their respects Monday, Sept. 12, 2011, in New York. The memorial opened to the public Monday, with much of the complex expected to open next year.
Matt Rourke Associated Press
Visitors make etchings of the names of victims inscribed on the wall surrounding one of the pools at the 9/11 memorial plaza in the World Trade Center site in New York Monday, Sept. 12, 2011, on the first day that the memorial was opened to the public.
Mike Segar, Pool The Spokesman-Review
Water falls into a pool at the National September 11 Memorial, Monday, Sept. 12, 2011, in New York. The memorial plaza opened to the public Monday, with much of the rest of the complex expected to open next year.
Matt Rourke The Spokesman-Review
Malcolm DeCesare makes a rubbing of the name of attack victim Neal David Levin, the cousin of DeCesare’s domestic partner Michael Barschi, from one of the panels containing the names of the victims of the attacks on the first day that the 9/11 memorial plaza was opened to the public at the World Trade Center site in New York, Monday, Sept. 12, 2011.
Mike Segar, Pool Associated Press
Olivia Norton, left, and Aubrey Finamore, children of Amy Norton and Peter Finamore, whose cousin Kevin Bracken was killed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks, play near stone benches on the first day that the 9/11 memorial plaza was opened to the public at the World Trade Center site in New York, Monday, Sept. 12, 2011.
Mike Segar, Pool Associated Press
Visitors look over one of the pools at the 9/11 memorial plaza in the World Trade Center site in New York Monday, Sept. 12, 2011, on the first day that the memorial was opened to the public.
Mike Segar, Pool Associated Press
Shauna Camp and Anthony Camp, who lost their uncle, Faustino Apostol Jr., in the 9/11 terrorist attacks, look at the panel inscribed with his name during the first day that the 911 memorial plaza was opened to the public at the World Trade Center site in New York, Monday, Sept. 12, 2011.
Mike Segar, Pool Associated Press
Visitors stroll the grounds near one of the pools at the 9/11 memorial plaza in the World Trade Center site in New York Monday, Sept. 12, 2011, on the first day that the memorial was opened to the public.
Mike Segar, Pool Associated Press
Visitors to the National September 11 Memorial pay their respects Monday, Sept. 12, 2011, in New York. The memorial plaza opened to the public Monday, with much of the complex expected to open next year.
Matt Rourke Associated Press
Greg Packer and Lisa Kennedy, who lost her father Michael in the attacks, make a rubbing of the name of Joseph Michael Doyle for Doyle’s father Bill from one of the panels containing the names of the victims of the attacks, on the first day that the 9/11 memorial park was opened to the public at the World Trade Center site in New York, Monday, Sept. 12, 2011.
Mike Segar, Pool Associated Press
Former Vice President Dick Cheney, left, pauses by a bronze plaque inscribed with the names of the victims of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, during a tour of the National September 11 Memorial, Monday, Sept. 12, 2011, in New York.
Matt Rourke Associated Press
Visitors look over one of the pools at the 9/11 memorial plaza in the World Trade Center site in New York Monday, Sept. 12, 2011, on the first day that the memorial was opened to the public.
Mike Segar, Pool Associated Press
Visitor are reflected in the windows of the 9/11 museum as they stroll the grounds of the 9/11 memorial plaza in the World Trade Center site in New York Monday, Sept. 12, 2011, on the first day that the memorial was opened to the public.
Mike Segar, Pool Associated Press
Shauna Camp and Anthony Camp, who lost their uncle, Faustino Apostol Jr., in the 9/11 terrorist attacks, look at the panel inscribed with his name during the first day that the 911 memorial plaza was opened to the public at the World Trade Center site in New York, Monday, Sept. 12, 2011.
Mike Segar, Pool Associated Press
Wearing a firefighter’s helmet two-year-old Nicholas Harding, right, holds the hand of his father, retired Marlette, Mich. firefighter Paul Harding, as they arrive for a 9-11 memorial service at the Peace Arch-Douglas border crossing in Surrey, British Columbia, on Sunday Sept. 11, 2011. Hundreds of people gathered at the Canada-U.S. border to mark the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
The Canadian Press -Darryl Dyck Associated Press
The Tribute in Light rises over the Brooklyn Bridge and lower Manhattan, Monday, Sept. 12, 2011, in New York. A day earlier the city held a memorial at Ground Zero for the 10th anniversary of the attacks on the United States.
Julio Cortez Associated Press