Photographs of the 2002 Hatsubon Ceremonies

Photographs from the Hatsubon service held near the World Trade Center in New York City on July 16, 2002. The Hatsubon service was held to honor and remember those who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Please click on the images to view actual photographs Chanting beside a viewing platform at the site of the World Trade Center (right, 240 KB). Marching past a sculpture recovered from the debris of the World Trade Center (right, 274 KB). Marching and chanting with hands in gassho at Battery Park (right, 301 KB). Chanting in front of the site of the World Trade Center (right, 245 KB). Lighting floating lanterns at Pier 26 on the Hudson River after the memorial service at the World Trade Center (right, 210 KB). Volunteers assemble floating lanterns after participants write messages on the paper sides (right, 93 KB).