Library to host showing of '9/11'

The Carson City Library will commemorate the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks with a showing Monday afternoon of "9/11."

"I didn't want to pick something political, just something conveying what that day meant for so many across the world," said Andrea Moore, the library's community relations coordinator. "It really captures the heroism, the common humanity caught up in the chaos of that day."

The showing will begin at 3 p.m. in the library's auditorium, 900 N. Roop St.

Brothers Jules and Gedeon Naudet were videotaping a documentary in lower Manhattan about a rookie firefighter when the World Trade Center was targeted for destruction by suicidal hijackers affiliated with the terrorist network al-Queda. Members of that group rammed passenger planes into the twin towers that morning.

Jules Naudet heard a roar in the sky and pointed his camera in that direction. His resulting footage of the first crash is a rarity. The brothers also captured rescue efforts in that tower and scenes of escape shortly before it collapsed.

Among awards the brothers earned for the documentary are an Emmy and a Peabody.

The version shown will be "The Filmmakers' Commemorative Edition."

Moore said public libraries and other organizations across the country were encouraged to commemorate the fifth anniversary of Sept. 11 by hosting events that allow people to freely share ideas and information. Though the library isn't an official participant, the event was inspired by the grassroots organization, The September Project.

Two other planes were hijacked that day: One was flown into the Pentagon, and the other crashed into a field in southwest Pennsylvania. Nearly 3,000 people died in all four planes and on the ground.

If you go

The showing of the documentary "9/11" will begin at 3 p.m. Monday in the auditorium of the Carson City Library, 900 N. Roop St.

• Contact reporter Terri Harber at tharber@nevadaappeal.com or 882-2111, ext. 215.

Gov. Kenny Guinn will join other officials in marking the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks by laying commemorative wreaths on three memorials in Carson City.

Guinn will visit these three locations, in order, from approximately 10-11 a.m.:

• Nevada Law Enforcement Officer Memorial, Capitol Grounds: Also attending are George Togliatti, director of Department of Public Safety, and Giles Vanderhoof, Nevada homeland security advisor

• Nevada State Veterans' Memorial, Capitol Grounds: Also scheduled to participate are Cynthia Kirkland, Nevada National Guard Adjutant General, and Tim Tetz, Nevada Office of Veterans' Affairs executive director.

• Nevada Firefighters Memorial, Mills Park: Also attending are Jim Wright, state fire marshal, and Pete Anderson, state forester.