>> Announcer: THIS IS AN NBC
NEWS SPECIAL REPORT.
HERE'S SAVANNAH GUTHRIE.
>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
I'M SAVANNAH GUTHRIE IN NEW
YORK.
THIS IS A SOLEMN DAY IN OUR
HISTORY.
TODAY MARKS 19 YEARS SINCE THE
9/11 ATTACKS.
THIS YEAR AMERICANS ARE
COMMEMORATING WITH TRIBUTES BUT
THEY ARE ALTERED.
MOMENTS OF SILENCE ARE BEING
HELD HERE IN NEW YORK AS WELL AS
IN SHANKSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA,
AND THE PENTAGON.
REHEMA ELLIS IS WITH US IN
MANHATTAN.
THE SIGNATURE MOMENT WILL BE
THAT FIRST MOMENT OF SILENCE
WHICH WE WILL OBSERVE HERE IN
JUST A FEW MINUTES.
BUT IT MUST BE A DIFFERENT FEEL
THIS YEAR.
>> Reporter: IT ABSOLUTELY IS,
SAVANNAH.
THE PANDEMIC IS FORCING THE
NATION TO CHANGE THE WAY IT
REMEMBERS THE THOUSANDS OF LIVES
LOST HERE.
THERE ARE NEW SAFETY PROTOCOLS,
MASKS, AND HAND SANITATION
STATIONS.
AND THIS YEAR THERE IS NO
CENTRAL STAGE.
A PRERECORDED READING OF NAMES
BY FAMILY MEMBERS WILL BE
STREAMED ONLINE AND BROADCAST ON
THE PLAZA WHERE FAMILY MEMBERS
WILL BE PRESENT BUT THEY WILL BE
SOCIALLY DISTANCED.
VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE AND
FORMER VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN
AND THEIR WIVES WILL ATTEND
CEREMONIES HERE.
AND THEN, SAVANNAH, LATER
TONIGHT THE TRIBUTE IN LIGHTS
WILL AGAIN SHINE IN THE NEW YORK
CITY SKY.
SAVANNAH?
>> WE'LL JUST TAKE A PAUSE HERE.
THIS IS A MOMENT THAT WE
REMEMBER THE FIRST MOMENT OF
SILENCE ONE OF MANY THIS
MORNING.
AT 8:46, THE TIME THE FIRST
PLANE STRUCK THE NORTH TOWER OF
THE WORLD TRADE CENTER.
[ SILENCE ]
>> AND NOW WITH THE FIRST MOMENT
OF SILENCE BEING OBSERVED, WE
ARE BEGINNING TO HEAR THE
READING OF THE NAMES OF THOSE
FALLEN THAT DAY.
A PROCESS THAT TAKES HOURS
BECAUSE OF SO MANY LIVES LOST.
THERE WILL ALSO BE REMEMBRANCES
AND MOMENTS OF SILENCE THREE
MORE TIMES THIS MORNING AS THIS
COUNTRY COMES TOGETHER AND MARKS
THE TOLL OF THAT DAY IN OUR
HISTORY.
REHEMA, WE REMEMBER NOT JUST
THOSE WHO WERE LOST, BUT WE
REMEMBER THE HEROICS OF THAT DAY
AND THOSE WHO RUSHED IN TO SAVE.
AND WE ALSO REMEMBER THIS
MORNING THE UNITY FELT IN THIS
COUNTRY IN THE WAKE OF AN ATTACK
ON OUR VERY NATION.
WE WILL KEEP OUR EYES ON THIS
SCENE IN NEW YORK CITY.
AS YOU CAN SEE THE REMEMBRANCES
UNFOLDING THERE.
ON CAPITOL HILL THERE ARE