{"id":54849,"date":"2026-09-12T09:02:31","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T03:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=54849"},"modified":"2026-09-12T09:02:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T03:17:31","slug":"never-ever-forget-america-marks-25th-anniversary-of-9-11-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/never-ever-forget-america-marks-25th-anniversary-of-9-11-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Never, ever forget’ – America marks 25th anniversary of 9\/11 attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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BBC:<\/strong> Twenty-five years after 9\/11, US presidents past and present have commemorated the lives lost when hijacked planes slammed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field.<\/p>\n

President Donald Trump led a Pentagon ceremony, while US Vice-President JD Vance attended a memorial at the site of the World Trade Center in New York, along with all four living former US presidents and first ladies.<\/p>\n

Moments of silence were held to mark the timings of the attacks and the names of nearly 3,000 people who died were read out.<\/p>\n

Two beams of light illuminated the Manhattan sky for a Tribute in Light on Friday evening, as other landmarks in the state lit up in blue in commemoration.
\nGeorge W Bush, who was president at the time of the attacks, was joined by former Presidents Joe Biden, Barack Obama and Bill Clinton at Friday’s ceremony at the World Trade Center site.<\/p>\n

At the Pentagon, President Trump attended a commemoration alongside cabinet secretaries and Condoleezza Rice, who was national security adviser on 9\/11.<\/p>\n

“Today we renew the sacred oath that we first swore in their names a quarter of a century ago,” Trump said. “We will never, ever forget. That’s why we fight today.”<\/p>\n

He sought to link the “war on terror” that followed 9\/11, which sparked years of US involvement in Middle East wars, with his current conflict in Iran.\u00a0Trump told the crowd that the Islamic Republic “will never, ever have a nuclear weapon”.<\/p>\n

Commemorations were also held in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where Flight 93 crashed after passengers fought back against the hijackers.<\/p>\n

Janice Brooks had only moved to New York a couple of weeks before 9\/11 to begin what she calls “the biggest adventure”, working for a company on the 84th floor of the South Tower of the World Trade Center.<\/p>\n

She told the BBC she was in the office when the first plane hit the North Tower. While she was evacuating, the second plane hit with an “almighty thud”.<\/p>\n

Brooks said she heard “one of those horror film screams” as a woman was hit by debris. She looked up and saw a “big gaping hole” where her office should have been.<\/p>\n

Every year on 11 September, bells ring to commemorate the exact time that each of the four planes crashed, and the exact time the Twin Towers fell.\u00a0Each of the six bells is followed by a moment of silence.<\/p>\n

This year, a seventh bell was rung to commemorate the thousands who died from diseases including cancer after the attacks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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