A MOTHER in Malaysia greeted her dead son. People in Manila left roses for the victim who helped give them homes.

US PRESIDENT Barack Obama and former President George W Bush stood in silence yesterday as a church bell rang twice on the precise moment, ten years after the first plane struck the World Trade Center.

Commemorations marking the 10th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks got underway today as officials and families of the lost gathered in solidarity.

Last year, Kazusada Sumiyama and his wife, Mari, made their first visit to New York. Their son Yoichi had been transferred there, and he showed them all the sights - Battery Park, the Statue of Liberty, the Fourth of July fireworks.