US Marks 14th Anniversary of September 11 Attacks
- 9 years ago
The United States marks the 14th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks on Friday.
Observances are planned across the country in remembrance of the day when four airplanes carried out suicide attacks on the U.S. Two of the planes were flown into the World Trade Center in New York, another hit the Pentagon and a fourth crashed in a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, before reaching its likely target of Washington.
Nearly 3,000 people were killed, including 19 of the perpetrators.
Families of victims in New York will gather Friday for a ceremony with tollilng bells and a reading of names of those killed in the terrorist attack.
President Barack Obama, with his wife and White House staff, will observe a public moment of silence Friday morning on the White House lawn.
In the afternoon, the president will hold a town hall meeting with service members at Fort Meade just outside Washington to talk with those Americans helping to keep the country safe.
Observances are planned across the country in remembrance of the day when four airplanes carried out suicide attacks on the U.S. Two of the planes were flown into the World Trade Center in New York, another hit the Pentagon and a fourth crashed in a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, before reaching its likely target of Washington.
Nearly 3,000 people were killed, including 19 of the perpetrators.
Families of victims in New York will gather Friday for a ceremony with tollilng bells and a reading of names of those killed in the terrorist attack.
President Barack Obama, with his wife and White House staff, will observe a public moment of silence Friday morning on the White House lawn.
In the afternoon, the president will hold a town hall meeting with service members at Fort Meade just outside Washington to talk with those Americans helping to keep the country safe.