U.S. Marks 25 Years Since September 11 Attacks
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Americans are gathering across the country Friday to mark 25 years since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, honoring the nearly 3,000 people killed and remembering a day that forever changed the nation.
Commemorations are being held at all three sites attacked that morning — the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon outside Washington and near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where United Airlines Flight 93 crashed after passengers and crew fought back against the hijackers.
At the National September 11 Memorial in Lower Manhattan, family members are gathering to read aloud the names of those killed in the attacks and in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. Moments of silence will mark the times when the hijacked planes struck the Twin Towers and when each tower fell. (911memorial.org)
President Donald Trump is attending the anniversary observance at the Pentagon, where a massive American flag was unfurled at daybreak Friday on the side of the building struck by American Airlines Flight 77. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and senior military officials were present as the flag was displayed. (apnews.com)
Vice President JD Vance is attending the commemoration at Ground Zero in New York, while other administration officials are joining the observance at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Pennsylvania. (apnews.com)
On September 11, 2001, 19 al-Qaida terrorists hijacked four commercial airplanes. Two were flown into the World Trade Center towers, one struck the Pentagon and the fourth crashed in Pennsylvania.
The attacks killed 2,977 people and triggered sweeping changes to American national security, air travel and foreign policy.
A quarter-century later, ceremonies across the country are once again centered on the promise made in the aftermath of the attacks: Never forget.
Commemorations are being held at all three sites attacked that morning — the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon outside Washington and near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where United Airlines Flight 93 crashed after passengers and crew fought back against the hijackers.
At the National September 11 Memorial in Lower Manhattan, family members are gathering to read aloud the names of those killed in the attacks and in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. Moments of silence will mark the times when the hijacked planes struck the Twin Towers and when each tower fell. (911memorial.org)
President Donald Trump is attending the anniversary observance at the Pentagon, where a massive American flag was unfurled at daybreak Friday on the side of the building struck by American Airlines Flight 77. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and senior military officials were present as the flag was displayed. (apnews.com)
Vice President JD Vance is attending the commemoration at Ground Zero in New York, while other administration officials are joining the observance at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Pennsylvania. (apnews.com)
On September 11, 2001, 19 al-Qaida terrorists hijacked four commercial airplanes. Two were flown into the World Trade Center towers, one struck the Pentagon and the fourth crashed in Pennsylvania.
The attacks killed 2,977 people and triggered sweeping changes to American national security, air travel and foreign policy.
A quarter-century later, ceremonies across the country are once again centered on the promise made in the aftermath of the attacks: Never forget.