Obama, Families of Sept. 11 Victims Pause to Remember

Politicians, dignitaries and victims' relatives were gathering in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania on Thursday to commemorate the nearly 3,000 people killed in al-Qaida's attack on the United States 13 years ago on September 11. In what has become an annual ritual, relatives began slowly reciting the names of the victims at a ceremony in lower Manhattan, from Gordon Aamoth, Jr., to Igor Zukelman. Readers would occasionally pause as a silver bell was rung to herald moments...

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