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Updated on: September 11, 2026 / 1:37 PM EDT / CBS News
A ceremony held by the National Park Service at the Flight 93 Memorial near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, began at 1 p.m. Friday.
Flight 93 crashed in a field near Shanksville at 10:03 a.m. on Sept. 11, 2001, killing all 33 passengers and seven crew members aboard.
Passengers had stormed the cockpit to prevent the terrorists who had taken control of the plane from hitting their intended target in Washington, D.C.
The ceremony Friday includes musical performances and multiple speakers, including Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum.
There will also be a wreath laying at the Wall of Names, where 40 marble panels are inscribed with the names of each passenger and crew member.
The final moment of silence for the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks was held Friday at 12:52 p.m. ET, following the reading of the names at Ground Zero.
It was the seventh moment of silence - an addition to the traditional six - and was held for the thousands of people who have died of 9/11-related illnesses. It will become a permanent part of the annual ceremony.
The previous moment of silence was at 10:28 a.m., when the North Tower of the World Trade Center collapsed.
CBS News national security correspondent David Martin, who started covering the Pentagon for the network in 1993, recalled what he witnessed on Sept. 11, 2001.
"I was driving up to the Pentagon when I heard a boom and saw a pillar of smoke going up on the other side of the building. I ditched my car and ran against the tide of people evacuating the building," he said .
He knew planes had struck the Twin Towers at that point, but he said he "couldn't believe that an airliner had just gone into the Pentagon."
DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said on Friday that it's probably not a matter of if, but when, another terrorist act happens, blaming immigration enforcement failures. That, he said, won't be because DHS didn't do their job, but because "one little person" went unnoticed.
"Unfortunately, it's probably not a matter of if, it's more a matter of when, something happens again," Mullin said in a speech outside the Department of Homeland Security headquarters during a remembrance ceremony. "And it won't be because we didn't do our job. It's because that one little person that wanted to tear down our American dream went unnoticed."
He said while "he's not trying to get political," he will, and accused sanctuary cities of "harboring and abetting activities just like this."
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