US Marks 17th Anniversary of 9/11 Terror Attacks/ Commemoration Ceremony

Americans on Tuesday marked the 17th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks that killed almost 3,000 people in New York, Virginia and Pennsylvania.

President Donald Trump attended a ceremony at the 9/11 memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, near where United Airlines Flight 93 crashed after 40 passengers and crew members retook control of the plane from al-Qaida-affiliated hijackers.

“Your tears are not shed alone, for they are shared grief with an entire nation,” Trump told an audience of family members of Flight 93 passengers and first responders. “We grieve together for every mother and father, sister and brother, son and daughter who was stolen from us at the Twin Towers, the Pentagon, and here, in this Pennsylvania field.".

‘“Flight 93 crashed yards from where we stand, just 20 minutes flying time from the United States capital. Through their sacrifice, the 40 saved the lives of countless Americans, and they saved our capital from a devastating strike,” Trump said. “This field is now a monument to American defiance. This memorial is now a message to the world, America will never ever submit to tyranny. Thank you.”