It is 11 years today since the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States.
The country is preparing to honour nearly 3,000 people killed in the coordinated plane hijackings in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania on September 11th 2001.
But this year it has been decided that politicians will not speak at the main remembrance ceremonies in a bid to remove politics from the commemoration of the victims.
Meanwhile it has been revealed that the 70,000 surviving firefighters, police officers and other first responders who raced to the World Trade Centre after the attacks will be entitled to free monitoring and treatment for some 50 forms of cancer.
The US National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health announced yesterday that responders as well as survivors exposed to toxic compounds from the wreckage will be covered for cancer under the Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act.
The Act also covers responders and survivors of the 9/11 attacks on the Pentagon outside Washington.
It was signed into law by President Barack Obama on January 2nd last year.
Watch archived media coverage of the initial attacks below:
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