US remembers 9/11 terror attack 23 years on
On 11 September 2001, four hijacked planes killed nearly 3,000 people, a date that falls at the height of the US presidential election period every four years.
Category
🗞
NewsTranscript
00:00The United States is marking 23 years since the September 11th terror attacks, when nearly
00:073,000 people were killed in the coordinated hijack of four aeroplanes.
00:14The planes were purposely crashed into the Pentagon, the Twin Towers of the World Trade
00:18Center and a field in Pennsylvania.
00:24President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, former President Donald Trump and
00:28Republican Vice Presidential nominee J.D. Vance all attended the 9-11 memorial ceremony
00:34at the World Trade Center in New York.
00:39Biden and Harris are also set to attend similar events at the Pentagon and in Pennsylvania,
00:45where Trump will visit the Flight 93 National Memorial near Shanksville in the same state.
00:53Since 2012, however, politicians have been excluded from speaking at anniversary ceremonies
00:58in order to place more focus on survivors and relatives of victims.
01:04The 9-11 attacks have left a scar on American history, leaving behind thousands of bereaved
01:10relatives and traumatized survivors.
01:15They also altered U.S. foreign policy and domestic security practices and shifted the
01:20mindset of many Americans who had not previously felt vulnerable to attacks by foreign extremists.