Last year, on the 10th anniversary of the destruction of the World Trade Center, there was all manner of hoopla. This year it's less of a big deal, except on TV of course, where no tragedy goes unexploited. I had the news on earlier, and the announcer said to stay tuned for their coverage of "four moments of silence" scheduled to take place at the exact times the planes crashed, and that President Obama was going to be quiet at the White House and then again at the Pentagon and Joe Biden would finally shut up in Shanksville, PA. I have to assume that somewhere, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan will also stop talking for a moment; they'd better if they know what's good for them. Anyway, in case you are unable to witness those nationally-televised moments of silence, you can use this one:
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