9/5/2023 0 Comments Moment of silence 9 11 time![]() The British Airports Authority said that it had not finalised plans for airports to mark the day, but would abide by any advice from the Government to hold a one minute's silence. The Just One Hour appeal will ask people to donate an hour of their salary while the Dine for Humanity appeal will call for everyone who eats out during the week of the anniversary to donate an extra £1 on top of their tip. The Red Cross will launch two campaigns to raise money for people facing natural and man-made disasters around the world. Officials are still nervous of the accusation a year after Jo Moore, the former government special adviser, said that the 11 September attack was a 'very good day to get out anything we want to bury'. The Government has ordered any policy announcements to be abandoned on the day so that there are no accusations that there have been attempts to bury bad news. Greg Dyke, the director-general of the BBC, apologised to the then American ambassador, Philip Lader, saying that the programme had been 'inappropriate'. BBC managers have demanded 'particular sensitivity' during the programme following criticism of a similar programme last year for allowing anti-American sentiment too much airtime. The following day it will screen a special edition of Question Time from New York to be hosted by David Dimbleby. The BBC is likely to cover the St Paul's event live and is to run a controversial documentary, filmed inside the World Trade Centre during the attack, on the same evening. An earlier service will be held at the US Embassy in London. Cities across the country will hold cathedral services, with Liverpool aping New York by shining two giant beams of light into the night sky.Ī memorial service, attended by the British families of those killed in the terrorist attack, Tony Blair, leading members of the Cabinet and senior figures in the royal family, including Prince Charles, will begin at 1.15pm at St Paul's Cathedral. The silence will be the centrepiece of a national day of memorial. It is the worst terrorist atrocity ever recorded. A fourth plane, thought to be heading for the White House, crashed into a field in Pennsylvania after the passengers attacked the hijackers in the cockpit. Two planes crashed into the Twin Towers and a third plane hit the Pentagon. Nearly 3,000 people were killed in the series of attacks on America which started at 8.46am EST in the US. Although officials at the Department of Culture, Media and Sport, the government office leading the plans for the anniversary, said that there would 'obviously be no compulsion' about observing the silence, it is expected that all government departments, the police, hospitals, schools and most companies will respect the call. ![]()
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