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Firefighters and police officers in full uniform lined the east wall of the pit, where they observed the ceremony...

Author: By Kate L. Rakoczy, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Mourners Gather At Ground Zero On Anniversary | 9/13/2002 | See Source »

They had marched down avenues, over bridges and on ferries to converge on Ground Zero. And as they descended the ramp to the floor of the seven-story-deep pit, their bagpipes wailed out the tune of “America the Beautiful...

Author: By Kate L. Rakoczy, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Mourners Gather At Ground Zero On Anniversary | 9/13/2002 | See Source »

While the names were read, family members descended the ramp to the floor of Ground Zero for the first time, where they congregated around and laid flowers in a “circle of honor” at the center of the pit...

Author: By Kate L. Rakoczy, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Mourners Gather At Ground Zero On Anniversary | 9/13/2002 | See Source »

They walked, crutched and wheeled their way down the ramp to the bottom of the pit...

Author: By Kate L. Rakoczy, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Mourners Gather At Ground Zero On Anniversary | 9/13/2002 | See Source »

Uniformed officers then stood at attention as a lone bugler, standing on a jagged edge of the pit, played Taps on his horn...

Author: By Kate L. Rakoczy, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Mourners Gather At Ground Zero On Anniversary | 9/13/2002 | See Source »

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