OVER 100 9/11 FAMILIES, SURVIVORS & UNIFORMED SERVICE MEMBERS  ABOARD USS NEW YORK

ARRIVE AT NY HARBOR TO MARK 10^th ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11 ATTACKS

Forged with Steel from the World Trade Center, the USS New York Arrives to

Commemorate the 10^th Anniversary of September 11, 2001

New York, NY...September 7, 2011 - On September 8, 2011, the U.S. Navy will mark the remembrance of the 10^th Anniversary of September 11, 2001, with the arrival of the USS New York (LPD 21) in New York Harbor.  USS New York will render honors as it passes the WTC site at 8:00a.m. 

Aboard the ship are over one hundred 9/11 families, survivors, FDNY, NYPD, and Port Authority PD who boarded the ship in Norfolk, VA and are aboard for the cruise to New York City.

Before docking in the New York Harbor, the crew of the USS New York will render honors as they pass the WTC Site around 8:00 AM.

WHAT: September 11^th Families Aboard the USS New York to Dock in NY Harbor in Remembrance of the 10^th Anniversary of 9/11

WHEN: Thursday September 8 at 7:45 AM