On September 11, 2001, 19 militants affiliated with the Islamic extremist group al Qaeda hijacked four commercial airliners with the purpose of carrying out suicide attacks against targets in the United States. Two of the planes were flown into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, a third plane slammed into the Pentagon just outside of Washington, D.C., and the fourth plane crashed in a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The coordinated attacks killed thousands of people and injured scores more, making it the deadliest terrorist attack on U.S. soil.
The devastating terror attacks propelled the nation into what would become its longest war. In New York City, a large ceremony was held at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. During the ceremony, family members of those who died in the attacks read the names of the deceased and share memories of their loved ones.
Six moments of silence were held throughout the ceremony to mark when each tower was struck and fell, in addition to the times of the attack on the Pentagon and the crash of Flight 93 in Stonycreek Township in Pennsylvania. To commemorate the day, hundreds of people on Saturday gathered in Lower Manhattan at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum on the spot where the World Trade Center's twin towers once stood. Three presidents — President Biden, former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton — and their wives attended. They wore blue ribbons and held their hands over their hearts as a procession marched a flag through the memorial and stood somberly side by side as the names of the dead were read off by family members and stories and remembrances were shared.
Village officials encourage the Glendale Heights community to display their American Flags in front of their homes to remember and honor the victims of the September 11th terrorist attacks and to show a sign of thanks to our emergency personnel. On Saturday, family members and dignitaries gathered in New York, at the Pentagon and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania to honor the lives lost to the 9/11 terrorist attacks 20 years ago. Residents across Pennsylvania, News Jersey and Delaware, residents held a moment of silence in remembrance of those killed during the Sept 11 terrorist attacks. The families of the World Trade Center victims returned to Lower Manhattan for the remembrance ceremony to read the names of the lives lost on September 11, 2001.
Television networks always mark the anniversary of September 11, 2001, the day of the deadliest terrorist attacks on U.S. soil. But TV coverage related to that tragic day is particularly expansive in 2021, as Americans mark 20 years since nearly 3,000 people lost their lives at the World Trade Center and Pentagon and aboard Flight 93. Others volunteered for the military, and hundreds of thousands went on to serve in Afghanistan. 2,641 service members gave their lives in that conflict, including 13 men and women who were killed in a terrorist attack a few weeks ago as we brought that war to an end.
More than 20,000 of those service members were injured, and many more carry invisible wounds from that time. On Sept. 11, 2001, nearly 3,000 people died after terrorists hijacked four jetliners, crashing two into the twin towers of the World Trade Center and a third into the Pentagon. The fourth plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania after passengers revolted against the hijackers.
A special half-hour broadcast looks back at the September 11 terror attacks, 20 years after they devastated our nation. Hear from family members of victims, heroes of the day, eyewitnesses and survivors. The program is hosted by WPIX TV's Tamsen Fadal and Kori Chambers from the South Pool of National 9/11 Memorial and Museum from Lower Manhattan.
Three presidents and their wives stood sombrely side-by-side, sharing a moment of silence to mark the anniversary of the nation's worst terror attack with a display of unity. The Chicago Marines Foundation is coordinating a 13-mile "hump" through Chicago to remember and honor the service members, first responders and civilians killed as the result of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. The group will hike 13-miles, one for each service member killed in Kabul, Afghanistan last week, and to honor the tragedies of 9/11 which prompted the war that brought U.S. Twenty years ago, on September 11, 2001, al-Qaeda attacked New York and Washington, killing nearly 3,000 people. The terrorist attacks and their aftermath transformed U.S. policy, giving rise to the war on terror and the military intervention in Afghanistan. On the 20th anniversary of 9/11, scholars and Advisory Council members of MEI's Countering Terrorism and Extremism Program offer their reflections.
Twenty years have passed since the attacks on September 11, 2001, an event that would devastate a nation and change the course of history forever. Even amidst unparalleled destruction and violence, the days after 9/11 showed the incredible strength, resilience, and courage of the American people. It is this spirit that the National Archives and the National Archives Foundation will commemorate during the 20th anniversary, with virtual programming that will be accessible live to viewers across the country. Except this day two decades later was not marked by death and terror but rather by heartfelt remembrances of the 2,753 lives lost at ground zero that day, as loved ones gathered to mourn once again and to mark the 20 years since the Sept. 11 terror attacks.
Ceremonies were held in remembrance at the sites where nearly 3,000 people were killed in terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. It's hard to believe that 20 years have passed since the September 11 terrorist attacks in 2001. THIRTEEN commemorates the 20th anniversary of this devastating attack and losses with television programs of hope and healing, remembrance and reflection, honoring the heroes, victims, and resilient spirit of New Yorkers. The programming also looks at investigations into who was involved in planning the terrorist acts, and the struggle to have the government recognize the public health crisis caused by the collapse of the World Trade Center. He will begin the day in New York, where he will attend a ceremony at the site where the World Trade Center's twin towers once stood.
He will then travel to Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where United Flight 93 crashed into a field after passengers overtook the hijackers and prevented another target from being hit. The heart of the mission of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum remains the annual commemoration ceremony. Family members of 9/11 victims gathered on the Memorial plaza to read aloud the names of those killed in the 9/11 attacks and in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. Biden also traveled to wreath-laying services at the Pentagon and in Shanksville, where former President George W. Bush spoke earlier in the day. The three sites are just a small handful of memorials held across the U.S. to commemorate the lives lost in the attacks, which include many first responders who rushed into the burning towers. 9/11 anniversary commemoration at ground zero has begun with a tolling bell and a moment of silence, exactly 20 years after the start of the deadliest terror attack on US soil.
Finally, it is time for serious discussion on our National Security Strategy and how seemingly disparate topics like countering terrorism and strategically competing with China fit together. Again, we should look to the example of President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Project Solarium — a 1953 effort to produce consensus between senior leadership in the national security community on a strategic approach to protecting our vital national interests. We have sent incredibly mixed signals to those who help us achieve our objectives; it is time to clean this up. And we must devise a better way to communicate to our adversaries and the international community and, in fact, to the American people about our objectives and the strategy to achieve them.
Most American citizens could not explain what we were doing in Afghanistan for the last 20 years — a severe indictment of our current approach to national security. Saturday will mark the 20th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks. Lankenau Medical Center president Phillip Robinson speaks with NBC10's Steven Fisher about the changes that have been made in our country since that day. The terrorist attacks on Sept. 11 shattered Americans' sense of security and ushered in an era of nebulous threats, hidden enemies and a seemingly never-ending war on terror. 20 years later, after one of the darkest days in America, dozens got together at the Garden of Reflection in Bucks County in remembrance of the county's residents who died during the terrorist attacks. Following the first moment of silence, families began reading the names of the lives lost on Sept. 11.
A memorial service was held at the Pentagon Saturday, the 20th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks, to honor the lives lost. Thank you for remembering the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks," Poss said during his remarks that followed an acapella rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner by retired Army Master Sgt. Mary Guthrie to start the ceremony. "The attacks on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon are among the most significant events to happen to us in our lifetimes.
Me, as well as millions of other U.S. citizens, remember where we were and how we felt on that somber day. My assignment was to walk toward the towers to interview people on the ground. I spoke to a woman who worked in the North Tower, who told a harrowing story of feeling the floor buckle when the plane hit her building.
She said it felt like she was on a roller coaster as the entire floor rippled in waves, up and down. As she told me of her escape down more than 70 flights of stairs, I heard a strange, guttural rumble. His planned celebration at Disneyland was canceled as news of the terrorist attacks spread and the park closed, so his mother organized a small party with friends in her backyard.
The children laughed and played, unaware of the tragedy, while the adults tried to process the events of the day. The reading of the names, which also includes those who died in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, will continue through the morning with pauses to mark when the south tower and Pentagon were struck, when Flight 93 crashed in Pennsylvania, and when the towers fell. We remember today, too, all the men and women that have died in service of these missions, including the 13 U.S. marines that perished in the terrorist attack on the Hamad Karzai International Airport, which also claimed the lives of 170 civilians. During an annual ceremony on Saturday at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in NYC, family members of 9/11 victims will gather to read aloud the names of those killed in the September 11 attacks and in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. The reading ritual was cancelled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Brett Eagleson, son of Sept. 11th victim Bruce Eagleson, wipes grass off a memorial stone for his father at the baseball field where his father use to coach, July 2, 2021, in Middletown, Conn.
Eagleson and others who lost family on Sept. 11 are seeking the release of FBI documents that allege Saudi Arabia's role in the terrorist attacks. Most people who are old enough remember exactly where they were or what they were doing the moment they learned of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. Even 20 years after the events of 9/11, pictures of the burning World Trade Center are widely available and immediately recognizable, even though over half the world's population was either not yet born or too young to remember with clarity the impact of the attacks.
Terrorism has become a weapon of war, and its simplicity and economic use of resources has put it within the reach of any group with access to the most basic potential weapon, such as a car or a knife. No amount of bollards or metal detectors can provide complete protection, especially in view of the almost limitless number of potential targets. While substantial advances in homeland security mean the United States is now arguably safer from a 9/11-style terrorist attack than at any point since 2001, the same cannot be said for the situation abroad. From Africa through the Middle East and into South and Southeast Asia, the threat posed by jihadist terrorism and ideology has never been more diverse, more globally distributed, more sophisticated, more financially self-sustaining, or more actively present in as many theaters. Far from defeating terrorism, the U.S. and our allies have won battles, but we are clearly losing the war.
WBAL-TV 11 is commemorating the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks with special programs and news coverage relating the events of the day to the people of Baltimore and developed with the core message to viewers to "Always Remember." Clinton Davis Sr. was not scheduled to work on 9/11, but his family knew he would be at the World Trade Center that fateful day, just like he was in 1993 during the first attack. NEW YORK — The world solemnly marked the 20th anniversary of 9/11 on Saturday, grieving lost lives and shattered American unity in commemorations that unfolded just weeks after the bloody end of the Afghanistan war that was launched in response to the terror attacks.
And at the Fort McCoy 2021 observance of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the 24 notes of Taps in C major triad will possibly make the people who work in the Fort McCoy triad continue to remember the day. Since the fall of the World Trade Center, the security apparatus born from the Sept. 11 attack has fundamentally changed the way that New York City's police department operates, altering its approach to finding and foiling terrorist threats, but also to cracking minor cases. After the national anthem, there were moments of silence marking the minute each plane hit and each tower collapsed.
There were moments of silence and the reading of thousands of names as the nation marked two decades since the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Two planes, American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175, crashed into the north and south towers of the World Trade Center before American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon. The passengers of United Airlines Flight 93 fought back against the hijackers before the plane crashed into the filed, missing its intended target in Washington. NEW YORK — Across the United States on Saturday, memorial events and observances will be held to honor the victims and remember the legacy of the Sept. 11 attacks.
The memorial features the country's largest man-made waterfalls dramatically cascading into two sunken pools. The names of 2,980 victims have been etched in granite around the edges of the memorial. The effect seeks to create closure for families belonging to the nearly 40 percent of victims whose bodies were completely obliterated by explosions during the attacks.
Relatives then began to read aloud the names of 2,977 victims to the thousands who had gathered on the cool, clear morning, among them former President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, New York's junior senator at the time of the attacks. "We must never forget the enduring pain of the families and loved ones of the 2,977 innocent people who were killed during the worst terrorist attack on America in our history," Biden said in a statement announcing the executive order on Sept. 3. That day of terror brought about changes large and small such that it is difficult to find some part of American life that hasn't been touched by the effects of Sept. 11, 2001. From ramped-up security at airports to the militarization of policing, to years-long wars and the very fabric of our country's personality and freedoms, the nation and world have been redefined by the events of 9/11.
Cherished members of that community gave their lives to this effort, including our colleagues killed in the terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya on September 11th, 2012. On the 20th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks, we honor the nearly 3,000 men, women, and children we lost in New York City, Arlington, and Shanksville on that horrific day. "We honor those lives lost on Flight 93 on that dark day in history 20 years ago," Biden said on Twitter. "No matter how much time has passed, these commemorations bring everything painfully back for their loved ones. Your courage gives us courage." Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau offered his condolences and praised the heroes of 9/11. "Nearly 3,000 people lost their lives on September 11, 2001," he tweeted.
"Twenty years later, we remember them, and the incredible sacrifice and bravery of the first responders. My thoughts are with the survivors and loved ones whose lives were changed forever that day." The event not only sparked enormously costly and largely unwinnable wars in both Afghanistan and Iraq, but also spawned a domestic war on terrorism, rewriting the rules on security and surveillance in the U.S., the repercussions of which continue to reverberate. The focus of our commemoration is the reading of the names by family members.
Throughout the ceremony, we observed six moments of silence, acknowledging when each of the World Trade Center towers was struck and fell and the times corresponding to the attack on the Pentagon and the crash of Flight 93. "These 20 years have felt like both a long time and a short time, and as we recite the names of those we lost, my memory goes back to that terrible day," Mike Low, whose daughter Sara was a flight attendant on Flight 11, said before the reading of the names. "9/11 saw the deadliest terrorist attack in history with almost 3,000 people tragically murdered including 67 people from the UK." In honor and remembrance of the 20th anniversary of the September 11th, 2001 attacks, the City of Cambridge held special ceremonies at the Cambridge Police and Fire stations on Saturday, September 11, 2021.
At each of the sites of the attacks and in neighboring communities, the families of the 2,977 people whose lives were lost were able to mourn their loss alongside the country on the 20th anniversary of 9/11. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden were present at the memorial event held at ground zero in New York City on Saturday morning, joining former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, former first lady Michelle Obama and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton. Bush, who was president during the attacks, commended the courage of the Flight 93 passengers and crew who are believed to have foiled an attack on the US Capitol by leading the plane to crash in rural Pennsylvania.
Here's a look at how the Chicago area will mark the day and remember the lives lost that tragic day. In the ensuing 20 years, many would perish among the innocent and guilty alike, but for those of us who remember that day, the true story of 9/11 is how life changed. Like my agent, those among both friends and foes in distant lands long brutalized by the ravages of war, repression, and poverty would suggest that change was the goal. At the outset of the war on terror, terrorism was seen as an existential threat to the U.S., one that would be won with a heavy military footprint. Today, leading experts envision terrorism as a persistent global threat to be managed by the coordination of law enforcement and intelligence agencies.
And in reducing the reliance on military force, soft power, exercised in multilateral efforts and alliances, is seen as crucial to future efforts to ensure safety and stability across the globe. If the last 20 years has taught us nothing else, it is that destructive forces — be they terrorism, disease, the economy, or climate issues — create both local and global crises and that coordinated multilateral responses are essential. Government, and now with the U.N., has revolved mainly around counter-terrorism . We entered the era of the war on terror, which has since evolved through several phases, the most dramatic the rise of ISIS, the establishment of their so-called "caliphate," and the subsequent international reaction that led to its destruction.
