Todays marks 22 years since the deadliest terrorist attack on American soil. On September 11, 2001, almost 3,000 people lost their lives when 19 al-Qaida members hijacked four commercial airline planes, crashing two of the planes into the Twin Towers and one into the Pentagon. The fourth plane was redirected by brave passengers into a field in western Pennsylvania, and never reached the U.S. Capitol, the terrorists’ intended target.
Americans take this day to mourn and remember with anniversary events, tolling bells, tributes, and more. This year, 9/11 memorials stretched from ground zero to small rural towns across the U.S. Americans gathered at firehouses, city halls, campuses, churches, monuments, and elsewhere to pay their respect to the victims of 9/11.
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This morning, family members of 9/11 victims came together in Lower Manhattan to read aloud their names and continue the vow to never forget all of the people who lost their lives on that terrible day.
“No day shall erase you from the memory of time.” #NeverForget #911Anniversary pic.twitter.com/Pdyc13IXsS
— Marlee Matlin (@MarleeMatlin) September 11, 2023
“For those of us who lost people on that day, that day is still happening. Everybody else moves on. And you find a way to go forward, but that day is always happening for you,” Edward Edelman said as he arrived at ground zero to honor and remember his brother-in-law, Daniel McGinley.
I was working at CNN on 9/11. I will never forget what I saw or felt that day. The shock, the anguish, the unknown. I prayed for the victims, families, first responders and our country then and I do now. 🇺🇸
#911Anniversary #September11 #Neverforget pic.twitter.com/mjM3QsCknF— Wynn Westmoreland CNN (@WynnWs) September 11, 2023
Rest in peace to those who tragically died on this day 22 years ago. We will never forget.
“No Day Shall Erase You From the Memory of Time.” – Virgil
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