NEW YORK (Reuters) - New Yorkers are doing all they can to preserve the way September 11 is commemorated, and with it falling on a Tuesday for the first time since 2001, the day is another trigger of tragic memories.
And across the United States, September 11 will have much of the same emotional impact that has gripped the American psyche and dominated U.S. political discourse for six years, an impact that will not soon ease, analysts say.New York City will mark the event as it has for the past five anniversaries with a solemn ceremony punctuated by the reading of names of the 2,750 innocent people who died at the World Trade Center.
"I think one of the challenges that we as a society have is, how do you keep the memory of 9/11 alive and the lessons of something like 9/11 alive going forward for decades?" Mayor Michael Bloomberg told reporters on Monday.
New York television station WABC tried to deviate from the past by not broadcasting the reading of the names of the dead but backtracked in the face of stiff public opposition.
Bloomberg himself attempted to move this year's commemoration entirely off site because Ground Zero, the site of the Twin Towers, is now a busy construction zone. Families of the victims protested and Bloomberg relented, allowing them limited access.
"It inhibited political speech," said Doug Muzzio, public affairs professor at New York's Baruch College. "That's beginning to diminish but as long as there's a war on terror and there's a politics of terror, 9/11 is going to be a symbol of it.
"Without doubt it will persist through this election cycle," he said.
-Text+By Daniel Trotta
Singles party lures more women than men
During a recent party for single people in Changsha, Hunan Province, women outnumbered men by a two to one margin.
During the special party in the city's Guihua Park Sunday, more than 1,000 people showed up despite a heavy rain. The number of women who showed up were twice the number of male participants.
Most of the women who arrived at the scene to find boyfriends were local young white-collar workers. They were born in 1970s and 1980s.
(Xiaoxiang Morning Post)
During the special party in the city's Guihua Park Sunday, more than 1,000 people showed up despite a heavy rain. The number of women who showed up were twice the number of male participants.
Most of the women who arrived at the scene to find boyfriends were local young white-collar workers. They were born in 1970s and 1980s.
(Xiaoxiang Morning Post)
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