| Thousands at cathedral to honour dead |
Hundreds of people have formed a crowd outside St Paul's Cathedral for a special service in remembrance of the victims in America.
So many came to honour the dead and injured alongside the Queen and Tony Blair that police had to turn people away shortly after 10.30am - 90 minutes before the service.
The cathedral, which holds around 2,400 people, was announced to be full at 10.40am.
A large number of police officers carried out security checks at five entry gates, each with its own metal detector.
Among the long line of well-wishers were hundreds from the US community in London who carried flags and newspapers with pictures of the atrocities.
The service, which was to include a sermon by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr George Carey, started at noon in the presence of US ambassador William Farish and dignitaries from other embassies in London.
Mr Farish and the Duke of Edinburgh were due to read lessons.
The 50-minute service, to which representatives from other faiths were invited, was broadcast live on television and radio.
Story filed: 12:50 Friday 14th September 2001
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