It's the Brian Lera Show on WNYC. Good morning, everyone, on this September 11th.

One of the moments of silence at the annual World Trade Center ceremony is now underway, or should be,

let's be with them for just a few seconds as they pause in the reading of the names of the dead. They ring bells for the people lost on that day. And then the pure silence.

And my grandfather, Richard J. O'Connor, we will always love and miss you.

A few seconds live from the World Trade Center where, as you hear, they are also reading the names of those killed in that terrorist attack as they do each year.

The 959 moment of silence is because that's the moment when the South Tower collapsed, claiming so many of the lives lost at the World Trade Center that day.

Now, for those of you tuning in, expecting the Kamala Harris v. Donald Trump debate to be our lead segment today,

we're actually going to devote the last 45 minutes or so of the show to the debate.

So that's around 1115 until noon this morning. We are observing

the September 11th anniversary first, as we usually do on this date at this portion of the show,

to coincide with the moments of silence and the exact times of the major events of that

terrible, fateful day. Later this hour, we'll have our lead Eric Adams

reporter, Elizabeth Kim, after our 9-11 conversation and observance. Elizabeth Kim, with the

dramatic turns taking place in the multiple investigations into the mayor and several of his

closest advisors. And then, as I say, around 1115, debate excerpts and

your reactions for the rest of the show until noon. But here in the first half hour,

we'll observe the two remaining moments of silence with the people at the World Trade Center

as the moments come up at 1003 and 1028. 1003 was the moment when United Airlines Flight 93 crashed in

Shakespeare, Pennsylvania, after passengers, aware of what had happened already,

tried to overwhelm the hijackers who were flying that plane toward Washington, D.C.,

but the courageous effort of those passengers failed,

and everyone on board was killed. That's the reason for the 1003 moment of silence. And so we don't

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