Daily News Article - September 11, 2014
1. What is the focus of the 9/11 commemoration at Ground Zero each year?
2. What changes are there this year regarding access to the site? Be specific.
3. What aspect of the actual ceremony will remain the same?
4. List the times proceedings will stop for moments of silence.
5. Answer the following questions about 9/11:
a) Who was President on 9/11?
b) Who was the mayor of New York City on 9/11?
c) How many planes were hijacked?
d) What three locations were the terrorists targeting? At what time did each one hit?
e) Who were the terrorists? (religion and terror group)
f) How many people died on 9/11?
g) Describe the first World Trade Center bombing in 1993.
6. Read the “Background” and visit some of the links under “Resources.” List 2-3 things you did not already know about 9/11 from this information that you think is important for all Americans to know.