Pentagon 9/11 Memorial closed to the public from 3 a.m. Friday for anniversary ceremony

NewsLights begin to illuminate the National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial as the sun sets in Arlington, Va., Sept. 10, 2014. The Pentagon Memorial was created to remember and honor those lost at the Pentagon Sept. 11, 2001.U.S. Coast Guard HeadquartersBy Kayode Crown | kcrown@al.comThe Department of Defense will temporarily close the National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial to the public from 3 a.m. to noon EDT Friday, Sept. 11.The closure is due to the 25th Anniversary 9/11 Observance Ceremony, which will take place there from 8:35 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. The webcast is available on the DoD’s media website.The Pentagon encourages the surviving family members of the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks at the Pentagon who would like to visit the memorial during that time to contact the Pentagon Special Events Office.Nineteen al-Qaida terrorists seized four airplanes, flew two into New York’s World Trade Center and one into the Pentagon. Passengers on a fourth flight fought back against hijackers before the plane crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. More than 180 people were killed when American Airlines Flight 77 was hijacked and flown into the Pentagon that day. The attacks killed 2,977 people.President Donald Trump will be at the Pentagon ceremony, with Vice President JD Vance representing the administration in New York, according to Patch. New York Times reported that Trump wanted to be at Ground Zero in New York, but changed his mind because organizers do not allow political speeches.Kayode Crown covers trending news and national stories, with a focus on money, federal benefits, military contracts, space news, collectibles and government programs that affect readers across the country. He...