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U.S. remembers 9/11 attacks

The United States of America marked the fourth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks yesterday in familiar ways - the readings of long lists of victims, the black bands worn across shined badges, the framed portraits clutched by loved ones - even while struggling with its latest tragedy, the death and devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina. Speakers, from a ceremony at Ground Zero to a worship service in Washington, paused to honor the hurricane`s victims, while rescue workers slogging through New Orleans observed moments of silence for their fallen colleagues now four years gone. The New York City Fire Department, which lost 343 of its members in the attacks on the World Trade Center, sent 353 of its members south on Labor Day to help with the rescue and clean up efforts after Hurricane Katrina. New York`s Mayor, Michael Bloomberg, who won election to office not long after the 9/11 attacks, said at one ceremony: "Today, as we recite the names of those we lost, our hearts turn as well toward London, our sister city, remembering those she has just lost to terrorism as well. And to Americans suffering in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, our deepest sympathies go out to you this day."