As a gesture of unity in full election campaign, candidates for president of USA Barack Obama and John McCain today no longer parked reproaches and criticism to come together to Ground Zero in New York, on the seventh anniversary of the attacks of 11 S-against the Twin Towers.
As every year, the official ceremony that commemorates the worst attack on U.S. over its 200 year history will begin at 8.40 local time (14.40 hours peninsular Spanish) and will include the presence of the city's mayor, Michael Bloomberg , Rudolph Giuliani, then mayor, the governor of the State of New York, David Paterson, and the victims' families.
Neither McCain nor Obama would be present when they read the names of more than 3,000 killed in the attacks or when they observe two minutes of silence, at 8.46-moment the first plane hit the north tower against seven years ago-and 9.03-when the second aircraft crashed against the south tower. There will be another two minutes of silence at 9.59 and 10.29, in remembrance of the collapse of the towers.
It is anticipated that candidates arrive hours after the ceremony at Ground Zero, which will be guarded with heavy security measures. According to the spokesman for Obama, the Democrat candidate has ordered to suspend all campaign ads. Neither senators make statements during his visit to the World Trade Center.
