The unity of the presidents: how were the memorial events for the 9/11 attacks
On Saturday, September 11, there was an alternating six-minute silence to honor each of the September 11 attacks. US President Joe Biden and other leaders honored the heroes and remembered those who died tragically 20 years ago on one of the darkest days in the United States. Writes about it NBC News.
Biden and First Lady Jill Biden joined a large group of people, including the families of the victims, at the National 11/XNUMX Memorial and Museum, where the Twin Towers once stood.
They were joined by Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, as well as presidential wives, several state leaders, emergency workers and many ordinary people.
The first minute of silence began at 08:46 am, just as al-Qaeda terrorists flew American Airlines Flight 11 to the north tower of the World Trade Center. Just 23 minutes later, a second minute of silence came at the same time American Airlines Flight 175 crashed into the south tower.
Then family members read out the names of those killed in the September 11 attacks and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. Bruce Springsteen performed See You In A Dream.
Meanwhile, at the Pentagon, shortly before 07:00 ET, the first scheduled event began. When the anthem was played, a flag was unfurled on the wall of the building where the plane had also crashed that day.
A third minute of silence came at 09 ET to remember those who died when American Airlines Flight 37 crashed into the Pentagon. It was followed by the song You'll Never Walk Alone, followed by the names of the victims.
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The metronome counted the next two minutes of silence in memory of the collapsed towers: at 09:59 - the south, at 10:28 - the north.
In Pennsylvania, a minute of silence was held at 10:03 am for the heroic passengers who fought terrorists aboard United Airlines Flight 93 and prevented the plane from reaching Washington.
President George W. Bush made a speech at the event.
“Twenty years ago we are all in different ways, in different places, but at the same moment we realized that our life would change forever. The world was in carnage. Then the voices died down, and we will not hear them again, - he stated. “These lives remain precious for our country and infinitely valuable for many of you. Today we remember the loss, share the sadness and honor the men and women we loved so much. "
Bush went on to say that "the actions of the enemy revealed the spirit of the people."
“In these memories, the passengers and crew of Flight 93 should always have a place of honor. Here, the intended goals have become instruments of salvation, and many of those who are now alive have a huge unconscious debt to these heroic people, ”he summed up.
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Vice President Kamala Harris delivered a speech at around 10:45 am.
“Today we are together with everyone who lost someone on September 11, 2001,” she stressed. “We are gathered today at a site dedicated to the heroism of 40 passengers and crew in the face of terrible terrorism.”
“As we all know, the 40 passengers and crew of Flight 93 did not know each other. They were different people from different places, ”Harris recalled. “But they didn't focus on what might have divided them. Within minutes, in the most dire circumstances, 40 people reacted as one. "
Biden had previously issued a call to the nation to restore the spirit of cooperation that had developed in the early days after 11/XNUMX.
He spoke of the "true sense of national unity" that emerged after the attacks, stressing that he saw "heroism everywhere."
“That was the main lesson of 11/XNUMX for me,” he said. "Unity is our greatest strength."
Biden arrived in New York on Friday evening, September 10, when the skyline was illuminated by the words "Tribute in Light," obtrusively marking the place where the towers once stood. On Saturday, 11/93, he joined other attendees to lay a wreath in the field where Flight XNUMX landed near Shanksville.
Biden is the fourth president to console the nation on the anniversary of this dark day. He has shaped many of the most important domestic and foreign policy decisions made by senior officials over the past two decades.
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The head of the White House concluded official events with a wreath-laying ceremony outside the Pentagon in the afternoon.
Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden visited the Flight 93 memorial in Shanksville (Pennsylvania) and Ground Zero in New York, and arrived at the Pentagon at 16:30, writes Yahoo!.
The Biden were joined at the Pentagon by Vice President Harris, Second Gentleman Douglas Ehmhoff, Department of Defense Chief Lloyd Austin, and General Mark Millie, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Where was Trump
President Donald Trump did not attend official events with incumbent President Biden. However, he visited Ground Zero (the site of the twin towers) to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the attacks. New York Post.
Trump and the incumbent could not cross paths as Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden were scheduled to attend the opening ceremony at 08:30 before leaving New York at around 10:00 to attend ceremonies in Shanksville, on site. the crash of United Airlines Flight 93, and the Pentagon. Trump arrived there after the Biden left.
In addition, Trump posted the video to the Twitter account of Save America's communications director, Taylor Budovich.
20th Anniversary of September 11th Address from President Donald J. Trump pic.twitter.com/u9IVTMTI5b
- Taylor Budowich (@TayFromCA) September 11, 2021
“This is a very sad day for the great people of our country,” Trump said. "September 11 is a great grief for our country."
“There were many things on display that day, including the most important thing - the courage of our police, firefighters and all other first responders. The work they did was truly incredible, ”he summed up.
Trump has criticized Biden in recent weeks over the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan and the chaotic withdrawal of American troops from the country after 20 years of war triggered by 11/XNUMX.
“This is very depressing,” Trump said. “It was supposed to be a day of victory, but it became a day of embarrassment. How did this happen? "
“I think Biden rushed with the withdrawal to claim victory,” Trump is convinced. "And now he looks like a fool."
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