September 11 attacks News
"I know for all those of you who lost someone, 21 years is both a lifetime and no time at all," Biden said at the National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial in Arlington, Virginia.
Joe Biden is set to mark the 21st anniversary of the September 11 attacks at the Pentagon
His remarks will recognize the impact the 2001 attacks had on the U.S
Nearly 3,000 people were killed in 9/11 attack on New York's World Trade Center
The 9/11 attacks were carried out by nineteen terrorists from al-Qaeda, who hijacked four commercial aeroplanes and crashed them into New York's World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field that killed nearly 3,000 people.
Total 2,977 people lost their lives on this day, 20 years ago in a fateful terror attack.
On September 11, 2001, the United States faced the deadliest terrorist attack in its history.
On the eve of the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, US President Joe Biden paid tributes to the 2,977 people who lost their lives in a commemorative video.
On the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, the United Nations paid tributes to the survivors, honoured the first responders and remembered its resolve for a future without terrorism.
In the US, it gave rise to the angry, aggrieved, self-proclaimed patriot
It also gave rise to heightened surveillance and suspicion in the name of common defense.
Two more victims who were killed in the September 11 attacks on New York's Twin Towers in 2001 have been identified.
Around 1,106 victims - or 40 per cent of those who killed still remain unidentified.
US renewed the National Emergency declaration that had been proclaimed by President George W. Bush after the attacks September 11 terrorist attacks around 20 years ago.
Hillary Clinton`s pneumonia disclosure was made public hours after her campaign said she had become "overheated".
The bill now heads to President Barack Obama`s desk, just days before the 15th anniversary of the attacks.
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