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Britons lost on 9/11 remembered
11/09/2006 12:13 - (SA)
London - The 67 Britons killed in the September 11 attacks five years ago were remembered on Monday at a memorial garden near the US embassy.
Before an early afternoon ceremony led by US ambassador Robert Tuttle, bouquets of white roses and yellow carnations were piled beneath the oak pergola where the names of the victims are inscribed on three bronze plaques.
Notes laid at the memorial were solemn reminders of what was lost the day when terrorist attacks on the United States killed nearly 3 000 people, including 500 people from 91 countries.
"You are not forgotten."
"I just want you back."
"Loved and missed by all your friends forever."
"Still in my heart."
'Grief is the price we pay for love'
Buried beneath the garden is a section of a steel girder from the wreckage of the World Trade Centre. Above it, ivy climbs the canopy's pillars toward an inscription that reads, "Grief is the price we pay for love".
A note attached to a potted white rose bush reads, "To my dear friend, Michele. I can't believe its been five years. You've missed so much and you've been missed so much. Love, Sue."
Thousands of British workers were expected to join in a moment of silence and to raise money for charities.
Cantor Fitzgerald, the investment banking firm that lost 658 staff members at its offices above the 100th floor of the north tower, and the Boston Consulting Group, which split from Cantor, were donating global revenues from Monday's trading to charities, including a fund that assists victims' families.
About 120 police officers from across Britain travelled to New York to mark the anniversary along with Prince Andrew, whose flight to the United States was diverted the day of the attacks.
- AP
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