By John Bacon
USA TODAY
NEW YORK — For the opening of the 9/11 memorial at Ground Zero, on the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks, free tickets will be available online starting Monday, memorial officials said Thursday.
The 8-acre memorial, which includes two deep pools replicating the footprint of the World Trade Center, will be dedicated on Sept. 11 and open to the public the following day. Names of the nearly 3,000 people killed in the 2001 attacks will be inscribed on bronze rails around the pools.
Sign-up for the timed-entry passes will be via the memorial’s website, 911memorial.org. Times can be reserved up to six months in advance.
“The idea is that when people are planning their visits to New York City, we think this is going to be a place everyone is going to want to come down to and pay their respects,” said Joe Daniels, president of the National September 11 Memorial and Museum.
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