NEW YORK — The ceremony at the World Trade
Center site marking the 10th anniversary of the terrorist
attacks will be a solemn but stately event that will
include former President George W. Bush and a
chance for victims' families to view the names of loved
ones etched into the memorial, Mayor Michael
Bloomberg said.
President Barack Obama and Bloomberg will be joined
by the leaders in charge during the 2001 attacks,
including Bush, former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and
former New York Gov. George Pataki. Current New
York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New Jersey Gov. Chris
Christie will also be there, he said.
Speaking on his weekly radio show Friday on WOR-AM,
Bloomberg said the lawmakers will read short poems or
quotes. No speeches will be given.
"This cannot be political," he said. "So that's why there's a
poem or a quote or something that each of the readers will
read. No speeches whatsoever. That's not an appropriate
thing."
