US Marked September 11th Anniversary

The United States has made the 15th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks, when al-Qaida terrorists hijacked four planes and flew them into the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon near Washington, while one crashed in rural Pennsylvania.
September 12, 2016 | 09:42

(VNF) - The United States has made the 15th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks, when al-Qaida terrorists hijacked four planes and flew them into the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon near Washington, while one crashed in rural Pennsylvania.

US Marked September 11th Anniversary

President Barak Obama bows his head for a moment of silence before delivering remarks at the Sept. 11th memorial observance ceremony at the Pentagon on September 11th. (Photo: voanews.com)

President Barack Obama observed a moment of silence at the White House Sunday at 8:46 a.m., when the first of the four hijacked planes slammed into the World Trade Center, before speaking at a ceremony at the Pentagon, the U.S. military headquarters, honoring those killed in the attacks.

"We remember and we will never forget the nearly 3,000 beautiful lives taken from us so cruelly," Obama said. "We wonder how their lives might have unfolded, how their dreams might have taken shape."

He vowed that terrorists "will never be able to defeat a nation as great and as strong as America," praising the country's perse ethnic population comprised of people of all races and religions as "one of our greatest strengths."

President Obama, commemorating the September 11th, 2001 attacks for the last time as president before leaving office in January, said, "This is the America that was attacked that September morning. This is the America that we must remain true to."

Victims killed in the attack on the World Trade Center were remembered in New York, where the country's leading 2016 presidential candidates, Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump, paid their respects at Ground Zero but halted their political campaigns for the day.

US Marked September 11th Anniversary

Two beams of light marking the towers again shine over New York ahead of the anniversary. (Photo: AFP/Getty)

As they have been in past 9/11 commemorations in New York, the names of the 2,983 killed that horrifying day were read slowly by their relatives as music played in the background. As daylight ended on Sunday in New York, spotlights projected two giant beams of light into the sky to represent the fallen twin towers of the World Trade Center.

"Fifteen years ago, a September day that began like any other became one of the darkest in our nation's history," Obama said Saturday in his weekly address.

The president said those killed were "from all walks of life, all races and religions, all colors and creeds, from across America and around the world." It was the worst attack on U.S. soil since Pearl Harbor was bombed in 1941 at the start of World War Two.

US Marked September 11th Anniversary

A man lays a flower on a monument engraved with names of victims. (Photo: voanews.com)

Near Shanksville in western Pennsylvania, the Flight 93 National Memorial stands in memory of the passengers and crew members who carried out a sustained assault against the hijackers for control of the plane 15 years ago.​

A September 11th Museum has been erected on the New York site where the World Trade Center once stood, housing artifacts and photographs connected to the attack.

At the Pentagon, the 184 people who died on September 11th, 2001 were honored with 184 benches over pools of water. A huge American flag was draped from the roof of the headquarters of the country's Defense Department on the side of the building where the attack occurred.

The names of nearly 3,000 victims were read out in a remembrance service at Ground Zero in New York on the site of the rebuilt World Trade Centre. The service paused six times to mark the six horror moments of the attack fifteen years ago. During the first moment of silence at 8:46 a.m., the time when American Airlines plane hit the north tower, houses of worship in New York have been asked to toll their bells./.

Minh Phuong

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