2.1 December

December 19, 2001

• The World Trade Center fire was finally extinguished after burning for three months

3 2002

3.1 March

Monday, March 11, 2002

• On the six-month anniversary of the attack, numerous ceremonies of remembrance take place.

• Huffman Aviation receives a letter from the Immigration and Naturalization Service saying that Mohammed Atta and Marwan al-Shehhi had been approved for student visas to study there.

• The Tribute in Light project begins.

Tuesday, March 12, 2002

• The remains of at least 11 firefighters and several civilians are found when recovery workers reach the site of what had been the south tower lobby.

3.2 May

Tuesday, May 28, 2002

• The last steel beam standing at the World Trade Center site is cut down and placed on a flatbed truck in a quiet ceremony.

3.3 August

Monday, August 19August 19 is the 231st day of the year (232nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 134 days remaining. Events 1561 Mary Stuart returns to Scotland. 1692 Salem Witch Trials: In Salem, Massachusetts five women and a clergyman are executed aft, 2002

• The New York City medical examiner releases an updated list of World Trade Center casualties . There were 2819 killed or missing, 4 less than the Police Department list which had been the best official tally publicly released. One name removed was that of a woman who had been listed under both her maiden and married names. The other three were of people reported missing once by people who had since not been in contact with New York City officials.

Tuesday, August 20August 20 is the 232nd day of the year (233rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 133 days remaining. Events 917 Battle of Anchialus: Tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria invades Thrace and drives the Byzantines out. 1794 Battle of Fallen Timbers Ame, 2002

• Police determine that Albert John Vaughan , 45, and George V. Sims , 46, missing and presumed dead, are alive. Vaughan has been a patient at the Rockland Psychiatric Center in Orangeburg, N.Y. Sims is a patient with amnesia and schizophrenia at a Manhattan hospital.

August 27August 27 is the 239th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (240th in leap years), with 126 days remaining. Events 479 BC Battle of Plataea ends the Persian invasion of Greece, Mardonius routed by Pausanias, the Spartan commander of the Greek army., 2002

• The Newark Star-Ledger reports that George V. Sims is alive. By this point at least 7 people on the August 19 list have been found; there are now 2812 killed or presumed dead.

3.4 September

September 7, 20022002 is a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). 2002 was the first palindromic year since 1991 and the last until 2112. 2002 was also designated: International Year of Ecotourism and Mountains National Science Year in the United Kingdom

• The New York City medical examiner releases a new list of World Trade Center deaths. The new list is 22 less than the previous one. The death toll now stands at 2801, including the dead on the airplanes but not the 10 hijackers.

September 10, 2002

• USA goes on high security alert as anniversary approaches. Other countries such as the UK go on similar alert status.

• Al-Jazeera releases videotapes of four of the September 11 hijackers - Ahmed al-NamiFBI in the days following the attack. Ahmed al-Nami ( , also transliterated Alnami or al-Nawi (born December 1977) was named by the FBI as one of the hijackers of United Airlines flight 93 as part of the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack. Born in Saudi, Hamza Alghamdi, Ahmed Alghamdi and Wail Alshehri. All four are seen talking to the camera.

September 11, 2002

First anniversary memorials and services

• Remembrance services are held throughout the USA.

• The ceremony at New YorkNew York is a state in the northeastern United States whose U. postal abbreviation is NY . It is sometimes called New York State when there is need to distinguish it from New York City. History See: History of New York New York was one of the thirteen col, broadcast throughout the world, falls an hour behind schedule, but is well attended. The ceremony included the reading out of the names of all the persons who died there (on both the planes and the World Trade Centre) and the recitals of American historical speeches such as the Gettysburg Address. Moments of silence are observed at 8:46 AM and 9:03 AM, the moments when the two planes struck the two towers, and church bells ring at 9:59 AM and 10:29 AM, the moment at which the South and North towers respectively collapsed.

• The private ceremony at The Pentagon is also well-attended, and included the President amongst its participants. A prayer is said at the end that referred to Todd Beamer's " Let's Roll" remark.

• The public ceremony at Shanksville also had a large turnout. It included two flybys and a release of doves. President George W. Bush attends a private followup service for the families of Flight 93's victims in the afternoon.

• In Karachi, wanted terrorist Ramzi Binalshibh (a.k.a. Ramzi Omar) is among five alleged terrorists captured by Pakistani authorities at a Defence Housing Authority estate. Binalshibh is wanted by US authorities in relation to the September 11 attacks. His capture does not become public knowledge for two days, but photographs featuring him being led away blindfolded are published on the day.

September 26, 2002

• The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation selects six new design teams from around the globe for the World Trade Center site.

September 27, 2002

• The City of New York renames 81 streets, 79 in Staten Island and two in Manhattan, after victims .

• The New York Department of Environmental Conservation announces that construction equipment at the World Trade Center site will have to use ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel .

November 14, 2002

• The US House of Representatives votes 215 to 203, not to create an independent commission to investigate the September 11 attacks.

4 2003

February 26, 2003

• Daniel Libeskind's design is announced as the winner and future occupant of the former World Trade Center site. The design includes an office building and a Wedge of Light which will honor the victims of the terrorist attacks by shutting down its lights between 8:46AM and 10:28AM EST every September 11. It will also use the WTC's foundations.

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