NYC NOW - September 11, 2023: Morning Headlines

Episode Date: September 11, 2023

Get up and get informed! Here’s all the local news you need to start your day: Lower Manhattan hosts events today for the 22nd anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Meanwhile, Jersey City’s waterfront 9/11 memorial begins its commemoration at 8:30 a.m. In sports, the New York Liberty face the Washington Mystics in the WNBA playoffs, and the Giants suffered a 40-0 loss to the Cowboys in their season opener at home.

Welcome to NYC Now, your source for local news in and around New York City from WNYC. It's Monday, September 11th. Here's the morning headlines from Michael Hill. Today marks 22 years since the September 11th attacks, and Lower Manhattan will be filled with events commemorating the tragic attacks. WNIC's David First has more. Vice President Harris will visit the National September 11 Memorial and Museum, for the commemoration ceremony, along with Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

St. Paul's Cathedral will ring its bell of hope at exactly 8.46 a.m., the time when the first plane crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center. And starting at dusk, the museum will light up the night sky with twin light beams as part of its annual tribute in light. On his way home from Asia, President Biden will mark the occasion at a military base in Anchorage, Alaska, and plans to meet with service members, first responders, and their families. Jersey City is commemorating this day. The 9-11 attacks. The city's ceremony starts at 8.30 this morning at Jersey City's Waterfront, 9-11 Memorial, that's right off Grand Street across the river from where the Twin Towers once stood. The memorial itself is made from steel from the Twin Towers. Jersey City Mayor Stephen Phillip will preside over the

event, along with members of the Jersey City Council. Liberty will play the Washington Mystics in the first round of the WNBA playoffs. The Lips lost to the Mystics yesterday in the final game of the regular season. New York finished the second with the second best record of the season behind the Las Vegas Aces after adding star players like MVP candidate Brianna Stewart and John Queld Jones. Game one against the Mystics Friday night, game two is next Tuesday, both at Barclays Center. And speaking of sports. The New York football giants opened the new football season with an embarrassing loss of the Dallas Cowboys last night at MetLife Stadium.

The Giants had more mistakes than points. A blocked field goal attempt at an interception, both returned for touchdowns. The Cowboys sack Giants quarterback Daniel Jones seven times. The score, Cowboys 40, Giants nothing. It was the fifth straight time the Giants have lost to the Cowboys and the largest shutout between these two rivals. The Jets play tonight on Monday Night Football. at home against the bills. 72 with fog and clouds out there,

good chances of morning and afternoon showers and storms today could get a lot of rain, mostly cloudy in a high of 80. Thanks for listening. This is NYC Now from WNYC. Be sure to catch us every weekday, three times a day, for your top news headlines and occasional deep dives, and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. See you this afternoon.