US marks more low-key 9/11 anniversary
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Firefighter John Manning delivers a wreath to Engine Company 10 across from Ground Zero on the eve of the 11th anniversary of September 11 terrorist attacks on Sept 10, 2012 in New York City. -- PHOTO: AFP
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A man walks amongst US national flags erected by students and staff from Pepperdine University to honour victims of the 9/11 attacks, in Malibu on Sept 9, 2012. -- PHOTO: AFP
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A woman looks at flowers at the Flight 93 National Memorial ahead of the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, on Sept 10, 2012. -- PHOTO: AFP
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New York City police bugler Gabe Perdomo warms up while standing next to the South Pool during ceremonies marking the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York on Sept 11, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Port Authority Police Officers carry the U.S. flag that flew at the World Trade Center towers during ceremonies marking the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York on Sept 11, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Judy Parisio places an American flag in a plaque of names of the victims of the Sept 11 attacks at North Pool of the 9/11 Memorial during ceremonies marking the 11th anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center in New York on Sept 11, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A man carries flowers as he walks along the edge of the North Pool of the 9/11 Memorial during ceremonies marking the 11th anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center in New York on Sept 11, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Dennis Swindell leans over to kiss the inscribed name of his partner, Gary Lee Bright, on the South Tower pool wall during ceremonies marking the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York on Sept 11, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama, joined by members of the White House staff pause during a moment of silence to mark the 11th anniversary of the Sept 11 attacks on Tuesday, Sept 11, 2012, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. -- PHOTO: AP
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U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama observe a moment of silence on the 11th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on Sept 11, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Airline pilots Capt. Anthony Chapman, (right), and Capt. Paul Evans salute with others as the U.S. flag is lowered to half staff at the 9/11 Flight Crew Memorial in Grapevine, Texas on Tuesday, Sept 11, 2012. Flight crews gathered at the memorial near DFW airport to remember the flight crews lost in the Sept 11, 2001, terror attacks. -- PHOTO: AP
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Flight attendants Barbara Depwe, (second from right), Linda Sorenson, (right), and Jean Burke watch the U.S. flag lowered to half staff at the 9/11 Flight Crew Memorial in Grapevine, Texas on Tuesday, Sept 11, 2012. Flight crews gathered at the memorial near DFW airport to remember the flight crews lost in the Sept 11, 2001, terror attacks. -- PHOTO: AP
Firefighter John Manning delivers a wreath to Engine Company 10 across from Ground Zero on the eve of the 11th anniversary of September 11 terrorist attacks on Sept 10, 2012 in New York City. -- PHOTO: AFP
A man walks amongst US national flags erected by students and staff from Pepperdine University to honour victims of the 9/11 attacks, in Malibu on Sept 9, 2012. -- PHOTO: AFP
A woman looks at flowers at the Flight 93 National Memorial ahead of the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, on Sept 10, 2012. -- PHOTO: AFP
New York City police bugler Gabe Perdomo warms up while standing next to the South Pool during ceremonies marking the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York on Sept 11, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Port Authority Police Officers carry the U.S. flag that flew at the World Trade Center towers during ceremonies marking the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York on Sept 11, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Judy Parisio places an American flag in a plaque of names of the victims of the Sept 11 attacks at North Pool of the 9/11 Memorial during ceremonies marking the 11th anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center in New York on Sept 11, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A man carries flowers as he walks along the edge of the North Pool of the 9/11 Memorial during ceremonies marking the 11th anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center in New York on Sept 11, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Dennis Swindell leans over to kiss the inscribed name of his partner, Gary Lee Bright, on the South Tower pool wall during ceremonies marking the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York on Sept 11, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama, joined by members of the White House staff pause during a moment of silence to mark the 11th anniversary of the Sept 11 attacks on Tuesday, Sept 11, 2012, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. -- PHOTO: AP
U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama observe a moment of silence on the 11th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on Sept 11, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Airline pilots Capt. Anthony Chapman, (right), and Capt. Paul Evans salute with others as the U.S. flag is lowered to half staff at the 9/11 Flight Crew Memorial in Grapevine, Texas on Tuesday, Sept 11, 2012. Flight crews gathered at the memorial near DFW airport to remember the flight crews lost in the Sept 11, 2001, terror attacks. -- PHOTO: AP
Flight attendants Barbara Depwe, (second from right), Linda Sorenson, (right), and Jean Burke watch the U.S. flag lowered to half staff at the 9/11 Flight Crew Memorial in Grapevine, Texas on Tuesday, Sept 11, 2012. Flight crews gathered at the memorial near DFW airport to remember the flight crews lost in the Sept 11, 2001, terror attacks. -- PHOTO: AP
NEW YORK (AFP) - Americans marked the 11th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks in a somber, but more low key mood as memory of the cataclysm gradually fades.
As every year, relatives of the nearly 3,000 people killed when hijacked airliners slammed into New York's World Trade Center gathered at Ground Zero to read the names of the dead.
This year, though, no politicians were joining in the reading and security was less intense, in contrast to the 10th anniversary last year when President Barack Obama headed a long list of VIPs at the ceremony.
Ms June Pollicino, who lost her husband on 9/11, told AFP: "I feel much more relaxed. After the ninth anniversary, those next days it started building up to the 10th anniversary. This year it's different in that regard. It's another anniversary we can celebrate in a discreet way."
