Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Secretary Clinton to Ring the Opening Bell at the NYSE

These pictures are from the last time she rang the opening bell, on September 21, 2009. It will be a far more solemn occasion on Friday.



Secretary Clinton to Ring the Opening Bell at the NYSE on September 9


Notice to the Press
Office of the Spokesperson
Washington, DC
September 7, 2011


On September 9, 2011, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will join with other leaders at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) to remember the victims of 9/11, their families and loved ones, and those who aided the rescue and recovery effort.

Then-Senator Clinton and the ceremony’s other participants rang the NYSE opening bell on the morning of September 17, 2001, the first day the exchange reopened after the September 11th attacks.

NYSE OPENING BELL CEREMONY IN NEW YORK:
9:25 am (ET) Moment of Silence (one minute)
9:26 am (ET) “God Bless America” sung by former USMC Major Rose-Ann L. Lynch
9:30 am (ET) Opening Bell with guests from 9/17/01 Opening Bell including:
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton
U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer
Former New York City Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani
Former NYSE Chairman & CEO Richard A. Grasso
NYC Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly
72nd Secretary of the Treasury Paul H. O’Neill
53rd New York Governor George E. Pataki
26th Chairman of the SEC Harvey L. Pitt
Former New York City OEM Director Richard Sheirer
Former NYC Fire Department Commissioner Thomas Von Essen