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A Requiem For September 11, 2001
As a nation remembers, the forces responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attacks may be gaining new strength.
“22 years ago, time stood still in a city that never sleeps,” tweeted NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ office. “The aftermath of #September11 ripples throughout this nation to this very day. A reminder of the unfathomable, a remembrance of the unthinkable.”
“9/11 victims honored at a memorial ceremony in Lower Manhattan,” reported Mira Wassef for PIX New York. “Monday marks 22 years since thousands of people were killed in the terrorist attack at the World Trade Center in New York City.”
Everyone remembers where they were on the morning of September 11, 2001, when a series of coordinated terrorist attacks struck the United States, forever altering the course of history.
Everyone knows the story: Four commercial airplanes were hijacked by 19 terrorists belonging to the extremist group al-Qaeda. American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 were flown into the North and South Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, causing both iconic structures to collapse within hours.
A third plane, American Airlines Flight 77, targeted the Pentagon, the nation’s military headquarters, in Arlington, Virginia. The fourth plane, United Airlines Flight 93, crashed into a field in…