Moments Of Silence

On the morning of Sept. 11, 2002, at the very moment that the first plane wreaked destruction at the World Trade Center, millions stopped to remember -- in silence.

Construction workers at ground zero.

Hundreds of people in New York's Times Square.

Commuters at Grand Central Terminal.

At the White House with President and Mrs. Bush.

State troopers in Montgomery, Ala.

Members of the honor guard of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington in the Arabian Sea.

Two men on a motorcycle, pausing near ground zero.

Clerks in the Euro pit at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

John Beaven, whose father Alan Beaven was one of those killed aboard United Airlines Flight 93, during a moment of silence at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. Beaven said his father, who is believed to be among the passengers thought to have thwarted another attack, "had always been his hero."

Color Guard member Jim Wieser stands at attention during a sunrise Sept. 11 memorial ceremony at Frankfort Square in Columbus, Neb.

American soldiers at Bagram airbase, north of Kabul.

United Airlines employees in the United terminal at Logan Airport in Boston. Two Boston-originating flights, one from United and another from American, were hijacked in the attacks a year ago.

The United Airlines workers embrace after their moment of silence in Boston.

Firefighter Paul Badalich rings the bell at the Alaska Fallen Firefighters Memorial near Station 3 in Anchorage after a moment of silence for the victims of the terrorist attacks.

Members of the Security Council at the United Nations stand for a moment of silence. Security was exceedingly tight and U.N. headquarters was under the highest threat level on the anniversary.