Posted AT 9:18 AM EDT on 11/09/07
U.S. marks Sept. 11 with moment of silence
NEW YORK — Americans observed a moment of silence at the very hour and place of the first Sept. 11 attack on Tuesday, the sixth anniversary of a day remembered with solemnity and ceremony.
Speaking near Ground Zero, where the twin World Trade Center towers were destroyed by hijacked planes on Sept. 11, 2001, Mayor Michael Bloomberg told families of those who died: "Six years have passed and our place is still by your side.
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