One month on, America remembers terrorist atrocities

Through unstinting smoke and countless tears, weary clean-up workers paused for a moment at ground zero to mark a grim milestone the passing of one month since New York’s World Trade Centre towers ceased to exist, along with the thousands of people trapped inside.

It was a day for remembering. In Washington, President George Bush joined crowds at the Pentagon to remember the 189 people who died there that same September day. There also were ceremonies in places far from the devastation, but still reeling from the acts.