.
The first national memorial to victims of the terrorist attacks
is already attracting survivors, family members and friends.
is already attracting survivors, family members and friends.
The Pentagon Memorial is oriented along the path of Flight 77 and is about200 feet from where it crashed. It will never be closed to visitors.
Today, President Bush will lead the ceremony dedicating the first national memorial to the victims of that tragic day when four planes were hijacked and nearly 3,000 people were killed. The memorials at the site of the World Trade Center towers in New York and in Shanksville, Pa., where one plane crashed in a field, have been delayed by arguments over construction costs and design.
The two-acre memorial at the Pentagon -- with 184 steel-and-granite benches, each engraved with a victim's name -- is about 200 feet from the crash site, oriented along the plane's flight path.
Unlike Pentagon tours, which can only be booked by groups through reservations made at least two weeks in advance, the memorial will be open to the public 24 hours a day, seven days a week, starting at 7 tonight.
READ MORE
No comments:
Post a Comment