Memorials Mark Month Anniversary of Attacks

At the Pentagon, President Bush led a service to remember the 189 people who died there a month ago.

“On September 11, great sorrow came to our country, and from that sorrow has come great resolve,” President Bush said during a ceremony held on the opposite side from the crash site.

“The wound to this building will not be forgotten, but it will be repaired,” President Bush said. “Brick by brick, we will quickly rebuild the Pentagon.”

The president’s speech came after the somber playing of “Taps” and the singing of “America the Beautiful.” During a rendition of the “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” the president and First Lady held American flags.

The names of the Pentagon crash victims scrolled down large television screens beside the stage. A rose was placed on each seat assigned to a victim’s relative.

“We will remember them as heroes, and we are right to do so,” Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said of the victims. “They died… because of how they lived as free men and women, proud of their freedom, proud of their country and proud of their country’s cause, the cause of human freedom.”

Former President Bill Clinton and Senator Hillary Clinton also attended the Pentagon ceremony.

In London, firefighters from all over Great Britain attended a service at St. Paul’s Cathedral for the firefighters who died while trying to rescue people from the burning World Trade Center towers.

In New York, cleanup workers, police officers, firefighters, construction workers and city leaders gathered at ground zero to remember over 5,000 people killed in the World Trade Center terrorist attack.

“Don’t look at the terrorism over there, look at the heroism over here,” said Rabbi Joseph Potasnik, a Fire Department chaplain.

The service included a moment of silence at 8:48 a.m., the exact time the first hijacked plane hit the World Trade Center Tower.

“The fire is still burning, but from it has emerged a stronger spirit.” Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said as he stood with police and fire commissioners.

“Sometimes it feels like yesterday, sometimes it feels like a year ago or more,” Giuliani said. “The terrorists attempted to break our spirit. Instead they have emboldened it.”