Sep 10, 2009 4:13 pm US/Eastern
Volunteers Honored At 9/11 Ceremonies Across US
NEW YORK (CBS) ―
Volunteers are taking center stage at ceremonies this year to mark the eighth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Over 100 volunteers who worked at the World Trade Center site in the months after the 2001 attack will read names of thousands of victims at Friday's ceremony near ground zero.
Vice President Joseph Biden was attending the ceremony. In Washington, President Obama was meeting with family members of the 184 people killed at the Pentagon. Former Secretary of State Colin Powell was speaking at a ceremony in western Pennsylvania, where one of four hijacked jetliners crashed.
The 2009 anniversary of the attacks marks the first year that 9/11 will be recognized as a National Day of Service and Remembrance, as signed into legislation in April by President Obama in the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act. The initiative is being led by the non-profit group MyGoodDeed.
For information on how you can take part in the organization or for ideas of how you can help serve and remember,
click here.
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