Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston.
The nation is marking 25 years since the September 11th terrorist attacks.
Memorial ceremonies will be held today in New York, at the Pentagon, and in western Pennsylvania.
At ground zero, the ceremony will begin at the time the first hijacked plane struck the World Trade Center.
NPR's Brian Mann reports from New York City.
Every year at the 9-11 memorial ceremony here in Lower Manhattan, people hold six moments of silence
to mark key events of the attack and to honor the 2,977 people who died that day.
Beth Hillman, who heads the 9-11 memorial and museum, says a new seventh moment of silence this year will acknowledge
those who died later after being exposed to toxic chemicals after the World Trade Center towers fell.
A bell will ring, we will all fall silent, and we'll welcome the rescue, recovery, relief community,
the survivors of the World Trade Center collapse, people who have really suffered over the long term.
President Trump is expected to speak at a ceremony at the Pentagon,
and events will also be held in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where one of the four hijacked jetliners crashed.
Brian Mann, NPR News, New York.
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including an order from the U.S.
Supreme Court.
Jason Rosenbaum from St. Louis Public Radio reports the decision's
mark is setback for Republicans in the battle for control of the House.
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