9/11

One thing common to all ceremonies whether large or small is the commitment to keeping the memory of the events of 9/11 alive.

And it is part of the healing process. “It’s a great way to keep the memory going.” Last year, the 20th anniversary of 9/11 brought several hundred people to Chatham’s memorial ceremony. “One hundred firefighters every year are lost in the line of duty, and 343 were lost in just one event. [Want to attend a 9/11 memorial event? "We want to be aware of the significance of what happened and not forget. “We lost 343 brothers and sisters in one event (9-11). We can reflect on this and hope for the future.” More: I mean, they (New York City) lost somebody in every household, and to come back from that is something else.” In Truro, it is equally simple with a moment of silence, the reading of “The Firefighter’s Prayer” and a prayer by a local pastor.

Each year on Sept. 11, local communities come together for a day of remembrance and a moment of silence in honor of this tragedy.

9/11 Remembrance: The Swansea Fire Department will hold a 9/11 Memorial Service for the 21st Anniversary at 9:30 a.m. Remembrance Ceremony: The Acushnet Fire & EMS Department will hold a brief Remembrance Ceremony to honor those lost on that tragic day. Sunday on the grounds of Fire Station #1 located at 24 Russell St., Acushnet. The ceremony is open to the public. 11, local communities come together for a day of remembrance and a moment of silence in honor of this tragedy. It is forever etched in our minds as a day of loss and remembrance for all those who never came home.

Americans are remembering 9/11 with moments of silence, readings of victims' names, volunteer work and other tributes 21 years after the deadliest terror ...

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No public trial over the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks has ever been held -- though many fought for one -- and the "last best hope" is playing out in ...

“It was like the first time, and the last time, I saw that. “The lawsuit could end in some type of agreement, a payoff, or it will go away,” said Kirk Lippold, the former commander of the USS Cole who is an adjunct professor at the Naval Academy and an expert on terrorism. government remains linked to the nation in the fight against Islamic extremists. Oral arguments could be set for the spring when the 9/11 families — with 10,000 plaintiffs joining in — could witness the first courtroom accounting of what’s been dredged up. “It’s been an extremely long haul.” “They had to have been helped. “We want to make history right and correct the narrative,” Brett Eagleson told the Boston Herald this week. That Southern California terror cell was exposed years later in an FBI report titled “PENTBOMB.” “We want to see Saudi Arabia say it. The U.S. They are suing Saudi Arabia to force some type of admission. No public trial over the Sept.

Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson was one of a slew of celebrities who dodged death on the awful day, along with Mark Wahlberg, Michael Jackson and many more.

I got on the flight and it was packed, small plane. "I flew with the 911 hijackers on the dry run, without realizing. Have you got a story to share? We want to hear all about it. It looked like an absolutely normal flight." It was a very close call for me," he said. 'You kept me up talking so late that I overslept and missed my appointment.'" I was shooting The West Wing in DC at the time and I always took the flight that leaves Dulles to Los Angeles that they eventually put into the Pentagon," he said. The Duchess of York's charity, Chances for Children, was located on the 101st floor of the north tower, and she was due to be there that morning. “I was booked on that flight and I was drinking the night before and hung over and I missed the plane by about 10 minutes. He was forced to wait for the next flight and an hour later, Flight 11 struck the north tower, killing everyone on board. But at the last minute he and his friends had a change of heart and instead chartered a plane to a film festival in Toronto, Canada.

But 17 other suicide hijackers commandeered and crashed three additional passenger jets that day and hundreds of agents assigned to PENTTBOM – the largest ...

But that required having to open the cockpit door to talk to them and in this case it would have been a death sentence.” “The flight attendants on our flight were so freaked out that they refused to fly back to LA, where they were based. For example, Mannello said he did not “fake a mechanical problem” before returning to the gate nor did the police have to be called to convince the recalcitrant Arabs to deplane. “Of all the communications of 9/11, this is the one where the delay in his receipt of the information continues to trouble Mr. He said, however, that his own reverse engineering of the plot “does not have room for a fifth plane. a flight attendant aboard doomed Flight 175 had called United’s San Francisco maintenance office to report that the plane’s pilots had been murdered and that hijackers were flying the aircraft. The official record says the hijackers struck at 9:28 when air traffic controllers heard a shout, “Get out of here!” Mannello notified via intercom the flight attendants and instructed them not to try and enter the cockpit. And in less than an hour, as passengers made a heroic effort to wrest control of the plane back from the hijackers, Flight 93 would go down in Pennsylvania at 10:03 a.m. At 9:20 a.m., after learning the fate of United 175, Ballinger used the ACARS (Aircraft Communication and Response System) to type and transmit this chilling message: “’Beware any cockpit intrusion…two aircraft in NY hit Trade Center Builds…” At the time of the report, the FBI had not yet identified the occupant of the seat on the return flight on 9/10. Similar to the four jets the hijackers crashed, Flight 23 was a scheduled transcontinental trip by a wide-bodied Boeing 767 with a load of about 160 passengers, six flight attendants and more than 50,000 gallons of jet fuel.

Mayor Percy Farwell says the US Ambassador to Canada, David Cohen is in the airport town for a few days to take in some of the memorial events. The service, ...

Cohen, kindly volunteered at our Helping Hands Food Drive, during his weekend visit to Gander. Ambassador to Canada, David L. Mayor Percy Farwell says the US Ambassador to Canada, David Cohen is in the airport town for a few days to take in some of the memorial events.

Americans are remembering 9/11 with moments of silence, readings of victims' names, volunteer work and other tributes 21 years after the deadliest terror ...

Americans are remembering 9/11 with moments of silence, readings of victims' names, volunteer work and other tributes 21 years after the deadliest terror ...

So much so that federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies, which were reshaped to focus on international terrorism after 9/11, now see the threat of domestic violent extremism as equally urgent. He found it difficult to form the type of close, family-like friendships he and his Windows on the World co-workers had shared. In ways both subtle and plain, the aftermath of 9/11 ripples through American politics and public life to this day. Al-Qaida conspirators had seized control of the jets to use them as passenger-filled missiles. 11 may be less of an inflection point, it remains a point for reflection on the attack that killed nearly 3,000 people, spurred a U.S. Victims' relatives and dignitaries will convene Sunday at the places where hijacked jets crashed on Sept.

Almost 3000 people were killed in 9/11 terrorist attacks. Terrorists hijacked four planes and crashed two into each of the New York's World Trade Centre ...

Moreover, 21 years later, no one accused of planning the 9/11 attacks has been convicted and sentenced. He found it difficult to form the type of close, family-like friendships he and his Windows on the World co-workers had shared. So much so that federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies, which were reshaped to focus on international terrorism after 9/11, now see the threat of domestic violent extremism as equally urgent. In ways both subtle and plain, the aftermath of 9/11 ripples through American politics and public life to this day. This is the first anniversary of the 9/11 attacks after the US-led Western forces' withdrawal from Afghanistan last year. The fourth plane was brought down in the fields of Pennsylvania after passengers and crew fought back their hijackers.

The scope of our nation's failure to care for its most vulnerable people during the pandemic has been orders of magnitude worse than on 9/11.

His book, “ [The Ground Truth](https://www.amazon.com/Ground-Truth-Untold-America-Attack/dp/1594488940),” exploring the similarities of the preparedness and response to 9/11 with the preparedness and response to Katrina, was a New York Times Notable Book. Once containment is lost, and the potential for mass fatalities across boundaries becomes clear, it is no longer appropriate for the states to take the lead; in its transformation from an epidemic to a pandemic, it also has been transformed from a public health emergency to a crisis requiring that we provide, as the Constitution’s preamble puts it, a “common defense.” His book “ [Way Too Fast: An American Reckoning](https://www.amazon.com/Way-Too-Fast-Reckoning-DeGennaro/dp/B09W747ZPY#:~:text=Way%20Too%20Fast%2C%20An%20American,of%20our%20popular%20music%20literature.),” was published in 2022. [Ranked](https://nypost.com/2020/03/25/2019-study-found-us-best-prepared-country-to-handle-a-pandemic/) in November 2019, on the eve of COVID’s zoonotic spread, as the nation best resourced in the world to confront a pandemic, the United States has the highest [mortality rate](https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/) among the wealthiest nations in the world, and among the highest of all nations. But before it can be accomplished, someone — a president, perhaps, or an association of governors? The pandemic was broken into 50 separate epidemics and dumped into the reluctant embrace of the surprised and unprepared governors.” This would require a major realignment of responsibilities that should be defined by act of Congress. As long as a pathogen can be contained, states should take the lead in containment measures; federal government agencies are there to support them. You’re going to be missing 50 percent of the cases.” Dr. As former CDC Director Robert Redfield put it later, “That whole idea that you were going to diagnose cases based on symptoms, isolate them, and contact-trace around them was not going to work. In other words, there would be time to react. Both seemed formidable prior to the critical events.

This week marks the 21st anniversary of the horrific attacks on our nation that took nearly 3000 innocent lives on Sept. 11, 2001.

In our kindness and compassion for each other, we honor those who lost their lives on 9/11 and in service to our great nation. Thousands of men and women answered the call to protect freedom and execute the Global War on Terrorism with strength and precision. In the days following the shocking attack, we turned as a country to process our grief and consider our next steps forward.

Who did this? Al-Qaeda, an Islamic extremist organisation led by Osama bin Laden and known for its terror, hijacked four aircraft and used them as a means for ...

On February 26, 1993, a bomb was placed in a car parked at the World Trade Centre, which when blasted claimed the lives of six people and injured over a thousand people. However, the structure was hit by the third plane. Al-Qaeda, an Islamic extremist organisation led by Osama bin Laden and known for its terror, hijacked four aircraft and used them as a means for suicide attacks in the United States.

Twenty-one years ago, our world was drastically changed on September 11, 2001, when the United States was cowardly and viciously attacked by terrorists.

In the aftermath of September 11, the phrase, ‘Never Forget,” became a symbol. Imagine, as innocent people ran down the stairs, those first responders kept running up. Today, we remember our heroes; the first responders who ran up the World Trade Center (Twin Towers) stairs.

AL QAEDA jihadists hijacked four planes and used them to murder 2977 people. They were the deadliest terrorist attacks to take place in the US and changed ...

2008: Fire breaks out in the Channel Tunnel, leading to a six month closure. Believing that bin Laden was under Taliban protection in Afghanistan, he issued an ultimatum: to hand him over and close every terror training camp. Live images of the impact and the falling buildings were beamed around the world. Osama bin Laden was the mastermind and 19 of his followers played a direct role in the atrocities themselves. The third plane struck the Pentagon, the headquarters of America's Department of Defence. The effects were seismic.

Events around the nation pay tribute to the victims of 9/11. Nearly 3,000 Americans died in the attacks at the World Trade Center and at the Pentagon as well as ...

At the 9/11 Memorial and Museum in New York City, the faces, names and stories of those killed in the 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center are displayed. So much so that federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies, which were reshaped to focus on international terrorism after 9/11, now see the threat of domestic violent extremism as equally urgent. Sean Boger, Shiela Moody and Chris Braman told CBS News' David Martin what they remember of the attack. In ways both subtle and plain, the aftermath of 9/11 ripples through American politics and public life to this day. He found it difficult to form the type of close, family-like friendships he and his Windows on the World co-workers had shared. 11 Memorial in New York, but by tradition, no political figures speak at the ground zero ceremony. Vice President Kamala Harris and husband Doug Emhoff are due at the National Sept. Al Qaeda conspirators had seized control of the jets to use them as passenger-filled missiles. The restaurant workers' advocacy group evolved from a relief center for Windows on the World workers who lost their jobs when the twin towers fell. 11 may be less of an inflection point, it remains a point for reflection on the attack that killed nearly 3,000 people, spurred a U.S. Victims' relatives and dignitaries will convene Sunday at the places where hijacked jets crashed on Sept. Other communities around the country are marking the day with candlelight vigils, interfaith services and other commemorations.

On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, a group of 19 militants orchestrated a coordinated attack against The World Trade Center in New York City and The Pentagon in ...

And all of us need a reminder of the spirit of unity and cooperation that took hold in America after the attacks. Nevertheless, we still hold out hope and refuse to give in to cynicism. There was the epic cleanup at the World Trade Center site and the agonizing period of uncertainty for people waiting to learn the fate of loved ones. It’s impossible to fully convey the feelings our memories of 9/11 elicit, but it’s imperative that we keep trying so that future generations never forget. forces in the Pacific, and just about everyone old enough to remember 9/11 can remember the events of that day quite vividly. And in that case so many of us saw the disaster play out live on our TV screens: The plane hitting the second tower of the World Trade Center.

In This Post · New York: 9/11 Memorial and Museum · The Pentagon: The 9/11 Pentagon Memorial · Flight 93 Memorial · Many other memorials nationwide.

[Support the Flight 93 Memorial here](https://www.nps.gov/flni/getinvolved/index.htm) The site itself is closed to the public, but family members of the victims have access. [Support the 9/11 Memorial and Museum here](https://www.911memorial.org/support) A visitors center has a permanent exhibit that tells the story of United Flight 93, and the actions of the 40 passengers and crew who helped thwart a planned terrorist attack on the U.S. The visitor center is open from 9:00 a.m. Visitors can embark on a quarter-mile walk down the Plaza Walkway, which extends along the area of the crash. Each memorial bench has a pool of water beneath it that reflects light in the evenings. Family members of 9/11 victims and recovery and rescue workers can get in free of charge. A tribute to those killed in the 2001 and 1993 attacks at the former World Trade Center buildings, it is the country’s “principal institution concerned with exploring 9/11, documenting its impact, and examining its continuing significance,” according to its website. [memorial website,](https://www.911memorial.org/visit/about/getting-here) which recommends public transportation. military veterans and FDNY/NYPD/PAPD officials. Terms apply to the offers listed on this page.

This day 21 years ago — multiple planes were hijacked by terrorists in the US. They used those aeroplanes, carrying unsuspecting civilian passengers, ...

Those TV screen images of smoke billowing from the Twin Towers and the Pentagon moved something deep and profound in all of us. As a stunned America — and the world at large — looked on, thousands were instantly killed, maimed and burnt beyond recognition. This day 21 years ago — multiple planes were hijacked by terrorists in the US.

President Joe Biden arrived at the Pentagon on Sunday morning, where he participated in a wreath-laying ceremony and will speak at a 9/11 remembrance event.

Harris, who is attending a commemorative service at Ground Zero, also met with first responders, according to a White House official. The first lady will be joined by her sister, Bonny Jacobs, her communications director Elizabeth Alexander told CNN. Biden paused briefly in front of a ceremonial wreath to touch it and then put his hand over his heart.

21 years ago, on September 11, 2011, a series of airline hijackings and suicide attacks were committed by 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist ...

Police and fire departments in New York were especially hit hard as hundreds had rushed to the scene of the attacks, and more than 400 police officers and firefighters were killed. Office workers and residents ran in panic as they tried to outpace the billowing debris clouds. Some 2,753 people were killed in New York, 184 at the Pentagon, and 40 in Pennsylvania; all 19 terrorists died.

Columbus firefighter Scott Benjamin at ground zero following the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001. More than 70 members of Ohio Task Force 1 — the elite search and ...

"I think in the end all of it has made me a better man, to enjoy life and love your family," he said. "Sometimes we think we've lost some compassion, but somewhere in the back of your head you think back on those days and pull it out. When he was on the rubble pile, the drone of machinery, clanking pails and hammers would halt, signaling a possible sound of life within the pile ... "When you'd see the FDNY guys, you didn't know what to say," he continued. The teams clung to small victories, a hope for life within the chaos and carnage. Since Benjamin was a boy, growing up near Battle Creek, Michigan, being a firefighter was all he wanted to do. You hope that your training is going to get you through it." Columbus firefighter Scott Benjamin was glued to a television at Station 6 in North Linden when news broke of the Sept. "It's a reminder to be respectful of other people's perspectives." And it was fueled by the gratitude from a city that had a stereotype of being rough-edged. A whole part of his life was just destroyed. Their witness to the horrific aftermath of front-line terrorism would follow them both personally and professionally.

Americans are remembering 9/11 with moments of silence, readings of victims' names, volunteer work and other tributes, 21 years after the deadliest terror ...

[Al-Qaida](https://apnews.com/article/september-11-al-qaida-39d0b2c6b69ea0f854b4b67bb4f53bdd) conspirators had seized control of the jets to use them as passenger-filled missiles. In ways both subtle and plain, the aftermath of 9/11 ripples through American politics and [public life](https://apnews.com/article/how-sept-11-changed-flying-1ce4dc4282fb47a34c0b61ae09a024f4) to this day. So much so that federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies, which were reshaped to focus on international terrorism after 9/11, He found it difficult to form the type of close, family-like friendships he and his Windows on the World co-workers had shared. 11 may be less of an inflection point, it remains a point for reflection on the attack that killed nearly 3,000 people, spurred a U.S. Other communities around the country are marking the day with candlelight vigils, interfaith services and other commemorations.

Victims' relatives and dignitaries will convene Sunday at the places where hijacked jets crashed on Sept. 11, 2001 — the World Trade Center in New York, the ...

He found it difficult to form the type of close, family-like friendships he and his Windows on the World co-workers had shared. So much so that federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies, which were reshaped to focus on international terrorism after 9/11, now see the threat of domestic violent extremism as equally urgent. In ways both subtle and plain, the aftermath of 9/11 ripples through American politics and public life to this day. It came weeks after the chaotic and humbling end of the Afghanistan war that the U.S. 11 may be less of an inflection point, it remains a point for reflection on the attack that killed nearly 3,000 people, spurred a U.S. Victims’ relatives and dignitaries will convene Sunday at the places where hijacked jets crashed on Sept.

President Joe Biden marked the 21st anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, laying a wreath at the Pentagon in a somber commemoration held under a steady rain.

Half of its population is now suffering critical levels of [food insecurity](https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-health-prices-united-nations-d74bb5f7326d57e53e17258a42452d92).” troops at Kabul's airport](https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-bombings-kabul-42e66fb3b72492dbec3ef070b73cf018), and thousands of desperate Afghans gathered in hopes of escape before the final U.S. So this is a day not only to remember, but also is a day for renewal and resolve for each and every American in our devotion to this country, to the principles it embodies, to our democracy.” [the country's longest conflict](https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-islamic-state-group-e10e038baea732dae879c11234507f81). “It showed us that we are all connected to one another,” said Biden, who was joined by her sister in Shanksville for Sunday’s commemoration. But the war concluded chaotically in August 2021, when [the U.S.-backed Afghan government collapsed](https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-taliban-kabul-bagram-e1ed33fe0c665ee67ba132c51b8e32a5), a grisly bombing killed 170 Afghans and [13 U.S. 11 attacks](https://apnews.com/article/new-york-government-and-politics-c5e1bcbcf3327938bb3c1a34e4807a5d), taking part in a somber wreath-laying ceremony at the Pentagon held under a steady rain and paying tribute to “extraordinary Americans” who gave their lives on one of the nation’s darkest days. Biden marked the one-year anniversary of the U.S. “Now, one year on from last August’s disaster, the devastating scale of the fallout from President Biden’s decision has come into sharper focus,” McConnell said. Without naming Trump, Biden again on Sunday raised a call for Americans to safeguard democracy. “Our commitment to preventing another attack on the United States is without end.” Last month, Biden announced the U.S.

The potential plea deals could take the death penalty off the table and keep the detention camp at the military base in Guantánamo Bay open for the ...

"The families are outraged," she said of the possibility of plea deals. That's a very real possibility because it's now been done over and over and over again." When asked by CBS News if declining to pursue the death penalty was fair, Pradhan responded, "The United States government failed all of us after Sept. Asked if forgiveness is possible, Burlingame said, "Yes, but not for them … " The result of that is, as we've had several medical experts examine him, is lasting brain damage ." "In order to get that medical care, he is willing to plead guilty to a substantial sentence at Guantanamo in exchange for a guarantee of medical care and dropping the death penalty.

'The Falling Man' image is one of the most enduring images of the 9/11 tragedy that saw the Twin Towers of the US World Trade Centre collapse after being ...

It is possible the man worked at Windows on the World, a restaurant at the top of the North tower, which lost 79 of its employees. While 'The Falling Man' gives an impression that its subject is falling straight down, in reality, he did not fall with a precision of an arrow. Speaking about the picture, Mr Drew previously stated that many newspaper readers complained about the image over the years, saying that "they didn't want to see this over their morning corn flakes". However, the composition of the image is what makes it stand out. According to Esquire, the iconic photo is one of a series of 12 images taken by photojournalist Richard Drew. He appears relaxed and comfortable in the grip of unimaginable motion.

The day of reflection starting with a flag raising and name reading ceremony at the Massachusetts State House with Gov. Charlie Baker, Attorney General ...

After that, people were paying tribute to the first responders and 14 flight crew members from Massachusetts, with Lt. Karyn Polito presenting the annual Sweeney award for civilian bravery. Charlie Baker, Attorney General Maura Healey and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, among others in attendance.

The National September 11 Memorial & Museum hosted its annual ceremony, with family members of the victims reading names of those who died.

The deadly morning spurred a global “war on terror" highlighted by two decades of combat in Afghanistan and the 2011 killing of Osama bin Laden, founder of the Islamist militant group. The attacks were the work of 19 al-Qaeda conspirators who commandeered two passengers jets departing from Boston, one from Newark, N.J., and one from Washington-Dulles. "We will always remember, we will always stand guard over this democracy. "But what we will not change, and never will, is the character of this nation that the terrorist thought they could wound." The plane went down after passengers and crew members tried to storm the cockpit. Other communities around the country were holding candlelight vigils, interfaith services and other commemorations.

The president spoke at the Pentagon on Sunday, the 21st anniversary of the terrorist attacks.

“Many of us have experienced that grief, and you’ve all experienced it. Biden framed the anniversary as a day of “renewal and resolve” for Americans’ devotion to both the United States itself and democratic principles overall. In his speech at the Pentagon commemorating the 21st anniversary of the deadly attacks, Biden repeatedly called for remembrance and unity.

(CNN) President Joe Biden commemorated the 21st anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks at a remembrance event Sunday at the Pentagon, delivering heartfelt remarks that honored those killed there. "I know for all those of you who lost someone, ...

“I’m one who thinks that there are lessons still to be learned from what happened to us on 9/11 that we should be very aware of, during this time in our country and the world’s history.” I wish we could find ways of doing that again,” Clinton told CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union.” “So this is a day not only to remember, but a day of renewal and resolve for each and every American and our devotion to this country.” “I know for all those of you who lost someone, 21 years is both a lifetime and no time at all,” Biden said at the National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial in Arlington, Virginia. “I feel grateful that we were able to come together as a country at that really terrible time. “Yet even as we share our grief, that moment affected us all in unique ways. He was joined at the event by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. Hijacked airliners crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. But he softened his rhetoric and avoided some of the more politically charged statements he’s made in the lead up to the midterms. Harris, who attended a commemorative service at Ground Zero, also met with first responders, according to a White House official. She had lost friends.” “Certain images are seared into our collective memory,” she said.

Biden said the Pentagon "was both the scene of a horrific terrorist attack and the command center for our response to defend and protect the American people," ...

6 Capitol Riot](https://www.axios.com/2021/03/02/christopher-wray-fbi-capitol) and [increasing threats against members of Congress](https://www.axios.com/2022/06/22/capitol-police-threats-congress) in recent years have shone a greater spotlight on the dangers of [domestic extremism](https://www.axios.com/2022/01/11/justice-department-domestic-terrorism-unit). Valeriy Zaluzhnyi wrote [in a Telegram post](https://t.me/CinCAFU/234) on Sunday. [Ukraine furthers gains in Kharkiv region following major breakthrough](/2022/09/11/ukraine-troops-advance-kharkiv) weaker and open the door for other nations to question the U.S.' commitment to its purported values, Vice President Kamala Harris told NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday. The event began with a reading of the names of all of the men and women killed in the attack on the Pentagon Sept. - "We have an obligation, a duty, a responsibility, to defend, preserve and protect our democracy. [9/11 name reader calls for U.S. [threats to democracy](https://www.axios.com/2021/03/03/domestic-extremists-military-pentagon) make the U.S. So many of your loved ones were those heroes. That's what makes us strong. What was threatened, we fortified. [ceremony at the Pentagon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9QpaAaahBw) on Sunday to commemorate the 21st anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.

While biodefense must involve HHS and DOD components, DHS needs to be a significant part of this threat matrix team.

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Photo of the Day: The twin beams representing the Twin Towers are an annual reminder of September 11, 2001. Today marks the 21st anniversary since ...

The PentagonArlington, Virginia 9:49 A.M. EDTTHE PRESIDENT: Secretary Austin, General Milley, to all the families and loved ones who still feel the.

And it falls to us to keep it safe on behalf of all those we lost 21 years ago, on behalf of all those who have given their whole souls to the cause of this nation every day since. And may God honor the members of the military we lost and all those we lost here on 9/11. And that is what we owe future generations of Americans to come. And to all our service members and their families, our veterans, our Gold Star families, all the survivors and caregivers and loved ones who have sacrificed so much for our nation: We owe you. They will feel the connection that will come to pass on September 11, 2001, and how our country was forever changed. Because on this day, it is not about the past, it’s about the future. To me, that’s the greatest lesson of September 11. But what we did change — what we will not change, what we cannot change, never will, is the character of this nation that the terrorists thought they could wound. We’ll continue to monitor and disrupt those terrorist activities wherever we find them, wherever they exist. Think of all of your loved ones, particularly those on that flight — ordinary citizens who said, “We will not let this stand,” who risked and lost their lives so even more people would not die. They raced into the breach between the fourth and fifth corridors. Twenty-one years ago — twenty-one years, and still we kept our promise: Never Forget.

U.S. President Joe Biden marked the 21st anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, taking part in a sombre wreath-laying ceremony at the Pentagon held under a ...

Biden marked the one-year anniversary of the U.S. Biden has recently dialled up warnings about what he calls the "extreme ideology" of former president Donald Trump and his "MAGA Republican" adherents as a threat to U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris and her husband attended a commemoration ceremony at the National September 11th Memorial in New York. troops at Kabul's airport, and thousands of desperate Afghans gathered in hopes of escape before the final U.S. And we thank those who stepped up that day – and in the days that followed – to keep others safe. The U.S. But the war concluded chaotically in August 2021, when the U.S.-backed Afghan government collapsed, a grisly bombing killed 170 Afghans and 13 U.S. Last month, Biden announced the U.S. and allies launched in response to the terror attacks. "Our commitment to preventing another attack on the United States is without end." 11 attacks, taking part in a sombre wreath-laying ceremony at the Pentagon held under a steady rain and paying tribute to "extraordinary Americans" who gave their lives on one of the country's darkest days. President Joe Biden marked the 21st anniversary of the Sept.

In a commemoration at the Pentagon, the US president says the fight against terrorism will continue.

We’ll never give up,” he said. And we came together,” Mr Biden said. We’ll never forget.

21 years after the terrorist attacks in Manhattan, the U.S. continues to mark that fateful day with remembrances at Ground Zero, the Pentagon and in ...

And First Lady Jill Biden travelled to Shanksville for a memorial there. Oliver Contreras/For The Washington Post continues to mark that fateful day with remembrances at Ground Zero, the Pentagon and in Shanksville.

Victims' relatives and dignitaries also convened at the Pentagon and in a field in Pennsylvania, where other aircraft seized by al Qaeda terrorists went ...

Mr Siby, an Ivorian immigrant, was scheduled to work that morning until another cook asked him to switch shifts. Our commitment to preventing another attack on the United States is without end." "Every 9/11 is a reminder of what I lost that I can never recover," said Mr Siby. [milestone anniversary last year](https://news.sky.com/story/9-11-anniversary-how-the-attacks-continue-to-shape-the-us-and-the-world-20-years-on-12402059), which came weeks after [the chaotic and humbling end of the Afghanistan war](https://news.sky.com/story/afghanistan-us-completes-withdrawal-as-last-c-17-aircraft-leaves-kabul-12395513) that the US launched in response to the attacks. 'Every 9/11 is a reminder of what I lost' Americans are marking the 21st anniversary of 9/11 with tributes to those who died in the deadliest terror attack on US soil.

Americans are today marking the 21st anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, with US President Joe Biden visiting the Pentagon and New Yorkers honouring the nearly ...

Al-Qaeda hijacked a total of four planes. Messages of sympathy and support came from outside the country, including from NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who called 11 September "one of the most tragic days" for the US and the world. "To the families and loved ones who still feel the ache, Jill and I hold you close in our hearts."

Americans remembered 9/11 on Sunday with tear-choked tributes and pleas to “never forget," 21 years after the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil.

[Al-Qaida](https://apnews.com/article/september-11-al-qaida-39d0b2c6b69ea0f854b4b67bb4f53bdd) conspirators had seized control of the jets to use them as passenger-filled missiles. In ways both subtle and plain, the aftermath of 9/11 ripples through American politics and [public life](https://apnews.com/article/how-sept-11-changed-flying-1ce4dc4282fb47a34c0b61ae09a024f4) to this day. [reconfigured national security policy](https://apnews.com/article/911-20-years-world-affairs-cc497f11743fcbd48b0b3e0c3ed2da5f) and spurred a U.S. So much so that federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies, which were reshaped to focus on international terrorism after 9/11, drone strike killed a key al-Qaida figure who helped plot the 9/11 attacks, [Ayman al-Zawahri.](https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-al-qaida-ayman-zawahri-cairo-united-states-0baac649ad46ff1595c7ab7077b213dc) He found it difficult to form the type of close, family-like friendships he and his Windows on the World co-workers had shared. Readers often add personal remarks that form an alloy of American sentiments about Sept. 11 Memorial in New York, but by tradition, no political figures speak at the ground zero ceremony. The restaurant workers’ advocacy group evolved from a relief center for Windows on the World workers who lost their jobs when the twin towers fell. Sunday’s observances, which follow [a fraught milestone anniversary last year](https://apnews.com/hub/9-11-a-world-changed), come little more than a month after a U.S. The family moved to Houston afterward but has often returned to New York for the anniversary of the attack that killed him and nearly 3,000 other people. Other communities around the country are marking the day with candlelight vigils, interfaith services and other commemorations.

More than two decades after the September 11 terrorist attacks, Americans on Sunday gathered in Pennsylvania, New York and at the Pentagon, ...

[Biden honors 9/11 victims at Pentagon ceremony: 'This is a day not only to remember, but a day of renewal and resolve'](https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/11/politics/biden-september-11-remembrance-ceremony-pentagon/index.html) (CNN) [Watch Live: U.S. [authorized](https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3114362/us-drone-strike-kills-al-qaida-leader-in-kabul/) a drone strike in the Afghan capital of Kabul that killed al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, an Egyptian eye surgeon who was the group’s second-in-command at the time of the September 11 attacks. The chaotic withdrawal sparked a backlash from both Republicans and Democrats, with [thousands](https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/08/09/afghanistan-evacuation-siv-visa-taliban-troops-immigration/) still stuck in the Taliban-run country hoping to escape, but Biden has argued the war accomplished its primary goals years ago. troops completely withdrew from Afghanistan, marking an end to two decades of war triggered by the September 11 attacks and setting the stage for the Taliban to retake Afghanistan after it was ousted from power in 2001. Biden referenced the end to the conflict on Sunday, saying “Afghanistan is over, but our commitment to preventing another attack” against the U.S. [participated](https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/11/politics/biden-september-11-remembrance-ceremony-pentagon/index.html) in a wreath-laying ceremony outside the Pentagon, where hijacked American Airlines Flight 77 crashed on September 11, 2001, saying it was a day “not only to remember, but a day of renewal and resolve for each and every American and our devotion to this country.”

Bonita Mentis set out to read victims' names at the World Trade Center wearing a necklace with a photo of her slain sister, Shevonne Mentis. The 25-year-old ...

The Ivorian immigrant wrestled with how to comprehend such horror in a country where he’d come looking for a better life. 11 attacks stirred — for a time — a sense of national pride and unity for many, while also subjecting Muslim Americans to years of suspicion and bigotry and engendering debate over the balance between safety and civil liberties. So much so that federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies, which were reshaped to focus on international terrorism after 9/11, “It took a tragedy to unite us. Beyond the attack sites, communities around the country marked the day with candlelight vigils, interfaith services and other commemorations. A few readers note recent events, this year ranging from the still ongoing coronavirus pandemic to Russia’s war in Ukraine. “It was a terrorist attack against our country that day. At the Pentagon, which also was targeted on 9/11, President Joe Biden vowed that the U.S. An attorney for one of Mohammed’s co-defendants this week confirmed ongoing negotiations toward a potential agreement to avoid a trial and impose lesser but still lengthy sentences. The attacks killed nearly 3,000 people, reconfigured national security policy and spurred a U.S. drone strike killed a key al-Qaida figure who helped plot the 9/11 attacks, Ayman al-Zawahri. The 25-year-old Guyanese immigrant worked at a financial firm while going to college.

US observes the 21st anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, as New Yorkers honour the nearly 3000 killed in September 2001.

The attacks killed nearly 3,000 people and spurred a so-called US “war on terror”. Al-Qaeda hijacked a total of four planes. “The character of sacrifice and love, of generosity and grace, of strength and resilience,” he said.