WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama observed a moment of silence in honor of 9/11 victims outside the White House as a single bugler played taps.
A Washington rain came to a stop as the observance began at 8:46 a.m., the moment the first jetliner struck the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. About 150 White House staffers stood in silence around the Obamas.
Later Friday morning, Obama is taking part in a wreath-laying ceremony at the memorial at the Pentagon, where 184 people were killed.
Obama and Defense Secretary Robert Gates are to meet with victims' relatives.
In New York, Vice President Joseph Biden laid flowers at the memorial at the site of the World Trade Center attack.
