8:35 AM Program begins
Bagpipers and drummers lead WTC flag through memorial to the stage
Brooklyn Youth Chorus performs the National Anthem
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg introduces citywide moment of silence
8:46 AM Moment of silence (observance of time AA Flight 11 struck North Tower)
(Houses of worship will toll their bells throughout the City)
President Barack Obama delivers reading
Mayor Bloomberg introduces the reading of the names
Family members will begin reading the names in pairs
There will be 167 pairs (334 readers) who will continue until all names are read
Music will provide a backdrop throughout the program
9:03 AM Moment of silence (observance of time UA Flight 175 struck South Tower)
President George W. Bush delivers reading
Family member Peter Negron delivers reading
Yo-Yo Ma, who also performed on the one-year anniversary of 9/11, performs "Sarabande" from Bach's First Suite for
Cello Solo
Honor Guard ceremonially opens family entrance and families begin to enter the Memorial Plaza
Reading of names continues/music resumes
9:37 AM Moment of silence (observance of time AA Flight 77 struck the Pentagon)
New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo delivers reading
Family member and retired NYPD officer James Smith and his daughter Patricia Smith deliver reading
James Taylor performs "Close Your Eyes"
Reading of names continues/music resumes
9:59 AM Moment of silence (observance of time of fall of the South Tower)
New Jersey Governor Chris J. Christie delivers reading
Solo flautist Emi Ferguson performs "Amazing Grace"
10:03 AM Moment of silence (observance of time UA Flight 93 crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania)
Former New York Governor George E. Pataki delivers reading
Reading of names continues/music resumes
10:28 AM Moment of silence (observance of time of fall of the North Tower)
Former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani delivers reading
Family member Debra Epps delivers reading
Paul Simon performs "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
Reading of names continues/music resumes
Former New Jersey Governor Donald T. DiFrancesco delivers reading
Reading of names continues to conclusion
Choral musical performance of "I Will Remember You"
Taps performed by four trumpeters (NYPD, FDNY, PAPD, and US Military)
1:00 PM Program concludes
4:00 PM World Trade Center Site Closes
The city's observance will take place the World Trade Center Memorial Plaza on the morning of Sunday, September 11. The ceremony will officially begin at 8:40 a.m.
