Video: City Of Phoenix Remembers Lives Lost On 9/11

PHOENIX — The city of Phoenix is honoring the lives lost 19 years ago on Sept. 11, 2001, but this year's ceremony looks a little different thanks to the coronavirus pandemic.

The tribute went virtual Friday morning at 9 a.m. to read the names of the Americans who died in the terrorist attacks in New York City and in Pennsylvania. Several city leaders also spoke, including Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego, Phoenix Police Chief Jeri Williams, Phoenix Fire Chief Kara Kalkbrenner and several others.

On Sept. 11, 2001, terrorists hijacked four commercial airplanes. A total of 2,977 people were killed in New York City, Washington, D.C. and outside of Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

The Phoenix event concluded with the posting of an American flag that flew over Ground Zero during the rescue and recovery operation at the World Trade Center in September 2001.

The city of Tempe's annual Healing Field tribute, in which nearly 3,000 flags are displayed in tribute to the lives lost, was also canceled due to the pandemic. A virtual tribute took place Friday morning instead.