The public was encouraged to pause and remember the victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks.

A Cabinet Office spokesperson said the Cabinet Office had taken time to commemorate the attacks on the Twin Towers in New York City and at the Pentagon in Washington DC.

The spokesperson encouraged the community to particularly remember the Bermudians and Bermuda residents — Rhondelle Tankard, Boyd Gatton and Robert Higley — who died on that day.

The spokesperson said: “Twenty-one years ago 3,000 lives were lost on that fateful day. We pause to remember those Bermudians who died on that day. We encourage all of Bermuda to please keep the family and friends of Rhondelle, Boyd and Robert in their thoughts. They will never be forgotten.”