9/11 Attacks: Americans Mark Anniversary

Americans have marked the anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks with bell-tolling, the reading of victims' names and moments of silence.

At the World Trade Center, hundreds gathered for a sombre ceremony marking 12 years since the attacks.

Bagpipes and a youth choir ushered in the start of the solemn proceedings, held around two reflecting pools that stand in the footprint of the fallen twin towers.

Relatives recited the names of those who died in the 2001 attack, as well as in another attack in 1993.

"Daddy, I miss you so much, and I think about you every day," Christina Aceto said of her father, Richard Anthony Aceto.

"You were more than just my daddy, you were my best friend."

Tribute of Light from the World Trade Center site. Pic. David Dusek

A moment of silence at 8.46am marked the moment when the first plane hit the twin towers 12 years ago. 

Another pause was held at 9.03am, when the second plane hit the twin towers.

In Washington, President Barack Obama held a moment of silence the White House South Lawn.

He was joined by First Lady Michelle, Vice President Joe Biden and staffers.

Nearly 3,000 people died in the attacks

The President then visited the Pentagon Memorial.

Nearly 3,000 people died when hijacked jets crashed into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where United Flight 93 crashed killing 40 passengers and crew. 

"No matter how many years pass, this time comes around each year - and it's always the same," said Karen Hinson of Seaford, New York, who lost her 34-year-old brother, Michael Wittenstein.

"My brother was never found, so this is where he is for us," she said as she arrived for the New York ceremony with her family.

Continuing a decision made last year, no politicians speak at the ceremony.

Two skyscrapers are nearly completed on either side of the plaza, including One World Trade Center, the tallest building in the western hemisphere at 1,776 feet - a symbolic number chosen to allude to the year of the Declaration of Independence.

Around the world, thousands of volunteers have pledged to do good deeds, honouring an anniversary that was designated a National Day of Service and Remembrance in 2009.

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