Focus

A young attendee at the coffee table as Mayor de Blasio and his security detail arrived behind her. Flight #587 11/12/19

Pheffer Amato

Mayor de Blasio speaks w/ Assm. Stacey Pheffer Amato, the only other elected official to attend. Pheffer Amato's district includes both the crash site and memorial site. Flight #587 11/12/19

Cruz & de Blasio

The REv. Eric Cruz and Mayor Bill de Blasio, just before the memorial ceremony. Flight #587 11/12/19

Cruz

The Rev. Eric Cruz speaking. Flight #587 11/12/19

Mayor & Mourners

Mayor Bill de Blasio and mourners who would read the names of the victims as as the Rev. Eric Cruz spoke. Flight #587 11/12/19

Audience

Flight #587 11/12/19

Bell

A member of the FDNY's ceremonial unit, accompanied by a member of the NYPD's ceremonial unit, rings a bell to begin a moment of silence marking the exact time of the 2001 crash. Flight #587 11/12/19

Reading of the Names

The names of the crash victims are read aloud. Flight #587 11/12/19

Cold, Wet, Windswept

A speaker bundled up against the cold, wet & windswept Rockaway morning. Flight #587 11/12/19

Scene

The cold and gray scene during the Flight #587 memorial on rainy Rockaway morning. Flight #587 11/12/19Flight #587 11/12/19

Scene

The cold and gray scene during the Flight #587 memorial on rainy Rockaway morning. Flight #587 11/12/19

Reading of the Names

The names of the crash victims are read aloud. Flight #587 11/12/19

Mourning

Mayor de Blasio and other speakers as victims names are read. Flight #587 11/12/19

Reading of the Names

The names of the crash victims are read aloud. Flight #587 11/12/19

Reading of the Names

The names of the crash victims are read aloud. Flight #587 11/12/19

Cruz & de Blasio

The Rev. Eric Cruz welcomes Mayor Bill de Blasio as the Mayor's turn to speak begins. Flight #587 11/12/19

de Blasio

Mayor Bill de Blasio in Rockaway, speaking at the memorial marking the 18th anniversary of the crash of American Airlines flight #587. Flight #587 11/12/19

de Blasio

Mayor Bill de Blasio in a cold wet Rockaway, speaking at the memorial marking the 18th anniversary of the crash of American Airlines flight #587. Flight #587 11/12/19

Remembering

Two of the speakers, who read the names of the victims, look at the buttons of another speaker commemorating some of those lost as Mayor de Blasio concludes the ceremony. Flight #587 11/12/19

de Blasio

Mayor Bill de Blasio in Rockaway, speaking at the memorial marking the 18th anniversary of the crash of American Airlines flight #587. Flight #587 11/12/19

de Blasio

Mayor Bill de Blasio in Rockaway, speaking at the memorial marking the 18th anniversary of the crash of American Airlines flight #587. Flight #587 11/12/19

de Blasio

Mayor Bill de Blasio in Rockaway, speaking at the memorial marking the 18th anniversary of the crash of American Airlines flight #587. Flight #587 11/12/19