As America prepares to mark seven years since the 9/11 attacks, plans for a memorial at Ground Zero make slow progress - je 11.09.2008

Americans today are marking the seventh anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington. The main memorial ceremony is being held at the former site of the World Trade Center where more than 2-and-a-half thousand people lost their lives in the attacks. A moment of silence is being observed at 8:46 local time, the precise moment when the first of two airliners crashed into the twin towers. +++SYN-MAZ+++