The 53rd annual Primetime Emmy Awards show scheduled for Sunday at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles has been postponed indefinitely due to the apparent terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, organizers said on Tuesday.
Early Tuesday morning, two airplanes crashed into and ultimately collapsed the twin towers of the World Trade Center in Manhattan. Another crashed into the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.
According to Reuters, the ceremony has been put off “out of respect for the victims, their families and all fellow citizens,” said Jim Chabin, president of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Activities scheduled during the week leading up to the event have also been canceled.
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