*** MEDIA ADVISORY ***

CREDENTIALING, POOL AND PROGRAM INFORMATION FOR
NEW YORK CITY'S SEPTEMBER 11th COMMEMORATION CEREMONY

The Following Information is For Planning Purposes Only
And Not For Broadcast or Publication

Note: Times and Details Are Subject to Change

Information about the commemoration ceremony on Saturday, September 11, 2010 will be disseminated at www.nyc.gov/mediaadvisory as updates become available.  

I. SEPTEMBER 11th COMMEMORATION CEREMONY

The City’s observance will take place at Zuccotti Park, on Liberty Street between Broadway and Trinity Place, on the morning of Saturday, September 11th.  The ceremony will officially begin at 8:40 A.M.  Families of those who died on September 11th may start arriving at 7:00 A.M. Music will provide a backdrop throughout the program.  To recognize all those who have worked to build the National September 11 Memorial and Museum, family members will be paired with representatives from teams involved in building the Memorial and Museum including construction workers, engineers, and architects. The ceremony will pause at four moments – twice to mark the times that each plane hit the towers, and twice to mark the time when each tower fell.  The first moment of silence will be at 8:46 A.M., and houses of worship have been asked to toll their bells at that time.  While the names are read, family members will be able to enter the WTC site and lay flowers on the upper level of the plaza where the National September 11 Memorial and Museum is being developed. The ceremony will conclude at approximately 12:00 noon (this is subject to change).  A preliminary outline of the event program is as follows (details and times subject to change):

WTC Names:  A complete list of the names of the 2,752 World Trade Center victims will be posted on www.nyc.gov/mediaadvisory prior to the ceremony.  Names will be read in alphabetical order as they are listed. 

Readers List:  A complete list of names of the readers is still being finalized and will be posted on the morning of the event.  Readers names will be posted in the order that they are scheduled to read but changes will occur during the course of the program.

Honor Guard:  An honor guard made up of individuals representing Fire Department (FDNY), Police Department (NYPD), and Port Authority Police Department (PAPD) will participate in the ceremony.

II. MEDIA INFORMATION

• Press check-in for Saturday, September 11th will be at the southeast corner of Broadway and Liberty Streets.  Check-in begins at 6:30 A.M. and ends at 8:00 A.M.  All media must check in to receive an event credential, and will not be granted access to the ceremony without one. Spots on the General Press Riser are available on a first-come, first-served basis and are limited.  Mult-boxes will be provided on the riser.  If your media organization was not granted a credential, you must rely on the designated press pools. Media must display their NYPD credential and/or their event credential at all times on site during the day. 

• Media with NYPD press credentials do not have to pre-register but must check in to receive an event credential to gain access to the site. 

• Media without NYPD credentials must pre-register by sending an e-mail to presscredentials@cityhall.nyc.gov to request access. Please include your media outlet, number of credentials you are requesting, and for each one, a name, position, telephone number and email address. Requests for credentials must be received by 5:00 PM (EST) on Friday, September 3rd.

• Video cameras will not be allowed into the ceremony.

• All media granted a credential must remain in their designated press areas during the ceremony.  Reporters must remain silent during the entire length of the program.  Only pool participants will be allowed to enter the World Trade Center construction site.  All media must adhere to these conditions; your NYPD press credential and event credential may be revoked at any time for failure to comply.

TELEVISION AND PHOTO POOL INFORMATION

• A television pool has been established to cover the ceremony in Zuccotti Park and shots of the World Trade Center site.  Bard Entertainment, Ltd., a New York company headed by David Stern, is doing production and Producer Annette Jolles is the Pool Coordinator.  Questions regarding the availability of the pool coverage and transmission should be directed to Annette Jolles at (917) 743-1182. Television producers/ correspondents may obtain a credential at Press Check-in to attend but may not bring video cameras into Zuccotti Park.

• A photo pool also has been established to cover the ceremony, and the New York Press Photographers Association has agreed to coordinate distribution of the pool photos. Questions should be directed to the photo pool coordinator Ray Stubblebine via e-mail at president@nyppa.org.  Photographers who are not a part of the pool will be provided a spot on the General Press Riser after they have obtained a credential at Press Check-in.    

NOTE ABOUT 7 WORLD TRADE CENTER

This year, the designated location for unilateral media positions has been changed to the 7 World Trade Center building. In previous years, these positions were located on the balcony of 2 World Financial Center. The NYC Office of Emergency Management (OEM) issued an advisory to all local and national media outlets and the Foreign Press Center, asking those outlets interested in securing a spot on the 10th floor of 7 World Trade Center to apply.  Questions regarding should be directed to Chris Gilbride at OEM at (718) 422-4888.

PARKING FOR SATELLITE & MICROWAVE TRUCKS

 All questions regarding parking should be directed to the NYPD Office of the Deputy Commissioner of Public Information at (646) 610-6700. There will not be satellite truck parking near Zuccotti Park.  There will be limited access for satellite trucks near 7 World Trade Center.

AVIATION WARNING

Helicopters or other aircraft utilized by the media will be asked to stay at least two miles away from the site and at an altitude of at least 1,500 feet.

III. TRIBUTE IN LIGHT

The “Tribute in Light” will return for one night as a tribute to all those who were lost on September 11th. The lights are located at West and Morris Streets in Lower Manhattan.  The lights will be on beginning at sunset on September 11, 2010 and fading away at dawn on September 12th.  There will be no formal program.  The lights are best seen when it is completely dark; sunset is expected to occur at 7:11 P.M. that night and sunrise is expected to occur at 6:33 A.M. on the morning of September 12th.