- Title: Bell of Hope honors 9-11 victims
- Date: 11th September 2017
- Summary: PHOTOGRAPH OF 9-11 VICTIM, GABRIELA S. WAISMAN, HELD BY HER SISTER, ANDREA TREBLE (SOUNDBITE) (English) ANDREA TREBLE, LOST SISTER GABRIELA WAISMAN, SAYING: "She was in the north tower on Windows on the World." WHITE FLASH
- Embargoed: 25th September 2017 17:00
- Keywords: September 11 9-11 memorial World Trade Center
- Location: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
- City: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
- Country: USA
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace
- Reuters ID: LVA0026Y5L0SN
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: The Bell of Hope tolled to honor the nearly 3,000 people who died during the attacks on September 11, 2001.
At St. Paul's Chapel, located directly across from the World Trade Center, the bell tolled at 8:46 am, the precise time the first plane crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center. Rev. Dr. William Lupfer, the rector from nearby Trinity Church Wall Street led the prayer service and remembrance on Monday (September 11), the 16th anniversary of the attack.
The bell tolled five times in sets of four. The pattern of "four fives" is the traditional firefighters' salute to the fallen.
The Bell of Hope was a gift to New York City from London in 2002 and has been rung each year on the September 11th anniversary.
Meantime, family members of those who died in the World Trade Center arrived at the site for a remembrance and memorial service.
Andrea Treble lost her sister Gabriela Waisman. On that day, Waisman was working in the Windows on the World in the north tower.
"She was 33. She's my only sister, my youngest sibling, and very kind and generous and loving and funny and just a very special person," said Treble.
Barry Zelman lost his brother, Kenneth Albert Zelman, who worked in the north tower.
"He was my only brother. It seems like yesterday. It just, it never gets any easier because you go to work, you don't expect to be murdered and disappear. So, it's just a heartbreak that just is always there."
He added, "This is where my brother took his last breath. This is where I want to be."
Army Sgt. Edwin Morales, who lost his cousin Ruben "Dave" Correa, said he will also remember the soldiers who have died in wars since 9-11 and the first responders to the World Trade Center who are still dying from exposure to toxins at the demolished buildings. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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