Atlantis Online
March 29, 2024, 10:43:13 am
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
News: Secrets of ocean birth laid bare 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5191384.stm#graphic
 
  Home Help Arcade Gallery Links Staff List Calendar Login Register  

Solemn tributes mark 9/11's fifth anniversary

Pages: [1]   Go Down
  Print  
Author Topic: Solemn tributes mark 9/11's fifth anniversary  (Read 87 times)
0 Members and 45 Guests are viewing this topic.
Adrienne
Superhero Member
******
Posts: 2428



« on: July 09, 2007, 01:13:25 pm »

Solemn tributes mark 9/11's fifth anniversary
POSTED: 10:43 p.m. EDT, September 11, 2006
Story Highlights• NEW: Speech praises 9/11 heroes, talks of need to win war on terror
• President exchanges handshakes, hugs at Pentagon ceremony
• Bush, first lady lay wreath at Pennsylvania crash site
• Cheney, Rumsfeld attend ceremony at Pentagon



President Bush talks to the loved ones of those who died on United Airlines Flight 93 when it crashed in rural Pennsylvania.


(CNN) -- Five years after the worst terrorist attack on American soil, President Bush on Monday saluted the nearly 3,000 people who were killed on September 11, 2001.

On a drizzly, chilly day near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, Bush exchanged hugs and greetings with people who lost family members onboard United Airlines Flight 93.

That airliner crashed in a field after passengers fought back against four hijackers who were steering the plane toward Washington -- the fourth commercial jet destroyed that morning in 2001.

The president and first lady Laura Bush laid a wreath at the site in tribute.

In New York, families and friends who lost loved ones at the World Trade Center gathered at Ground Zero for a solemn ceremony.

The commemoration included four moments of silence -- two for the times that hijacked planes hit the twin towers and two for when the burning buildings collapsed into mountains of rubble, killing thousands of people working there and first responders who were trying to rescue them. (Watch family members observe moment of silence -- :50)

"We've come back to remember the valor of those we lost, those who innocently went to work that day and the brave souls who went in after them," former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani said.

The ceremony also included the reading of the names of the 2,749 victims at the trade center site by about 200 of their spouses, partners and significant others.

The first moment of silence came at 8:46 a.m. ET, the moment American Airlines Flight 11 slammed into the trade center's north tower; followed at 9:03 a.m., when United Flight 175 struck the south tower; then at 9:59 a.m., when the south tower fell; and finally at 10:29 a.m., when the north tower collapsed.

The Bushes had breakfast with first responder personnel at a New York firehouse before attending the ceremony to commemorate the fifth anniversary of 9/11. The president and first lady had laid wreaths in reflecting pools at Ground Zero on Sunday.

After the Shanksville ceremony, the Bushes went to the Pentagon for a wreath-laying ceremony and exchanged handshakes and hugs with survivors of those who died there. (Full story)

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Vice President Dick Cheney attended a morning ceremony at the Pentagon, where another hijacked passenger plane struck on 9/11. (Watch a CNN reporter's recollections of that day -- 1:19)

Cheney spoke about what he called the lessons of the terrorist attacks.

"We've learned that oceans do not protect us and threats that gather thousands of miles away can now find us here at home," he said. "We have learned that there is a certain kind of enemy whose ambitions have no limits and whose cruelty is only fed by the grief of others."

He added, "This struggle is fierce, and it will be lengthy, but it is not endless. Our cause is right. Our will is strong. This great nation will prevail."

The president on Monday night gave a televised address to the nation from the Oval Office in which he called the war on terrorism "a struggle for civilization." (Full story)

Bush talked about the ongoing war on terror launched after the 9/11 attacks:

"America did not ask for this war, and every American wishes it were over. ... the war ... will not be over until either we or the extremists emerge victorious," the prepared text reads.

Bush also praised the heroes of 9/11 in his remarks.

"On 9/11, our nation saw the face of evil. Yet on that awful day, we also witnessed something distinctly American: ordinary citizens rising to the occasion, and responding with extraordinary acts of courage," the text of the speech reads.

An estimated 2,973 people were killed in the 9/11 attacks.

The death toll from the twin towers included 87 passengers aboard Flight 11 and 60 on Flight 175. Among the dead were 60 police officers and 343 firefighters who responded to the scene.

9/11 panel chief: 'So much left undone'
In Washington, 9/11 commission Chairman Thomas Kean bemoaned that only about half of his panel's 41 recommendations have been passed.

"Five years later, there is still so much left undone that ought to be done," Kean told the National Press Club on Monday.

"What happened? How come they're not passed? How come the country isn't moving further on these things?"

Lee Hamilton, the panel's vice chairman, said the government does not do a good job of looking back.

Hamilton also urged Congress to pass all of the committee's recommendations.

Many of them, such as the allocation of money on basis of risk, and correction of the inability of police and fire departments to talk to each other at disaster scenes, are "no-brainers," he said.

On the eve of the 9/11 anniversary, a lengthy video statement from al Qaeda called on Muslims to step up their resistance to the United States and warned that "new events" are on the way. (Full story)

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/09/11/911.memorials/index.html
Report Spam   Logged

"In a monarchy, the king is law, in a democracy, the law is king."
-Thomas Paine

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter

Adrienne
Superhero Member
******
Posts: 2428



« Reply #1 on: July 09, 2007, 01:15:32 pm »

Divided world remembers 9/11 attacks
POSTED: 7:38 a.m. EDT, September 11, 2006




President Bush and first lady Laura Bush lay a wreath at the site where the World Trade Center fell five years ago.

NEW YORK -- A divided world remembered the fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks on Monday, with allies in the war on terror renewing their resolve to fight fanaticism, but with militants pledging continued resistance.

U.S. President George W. Bush joined thousands gathering across America Sunday in tearful tributes, prayers and quiet reflection.

In New York, the president and first lady Laura Bush placed wreaths in pools of water where the World Trade Center's twin towers stood before two commercial airliners toppled them five years ago.

Other memorials were held in Washington, where another hijacked passenger plane slammed into the Pentagon, and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where a fourth jet crashed into a field. (Watch Bush, first lady honor those who died -- 1:59)

An estimated 2,973 people were killed in the attacks.

The death toll from the twin towers was estimated at 2,749, including the 87 passengers aboard American Airlines Flight 11 and the 60 on United Airlines Flight 175. Among the dead were 60 police officers and 343 firefighters who responded to the scene.

Al Qaeda statement
A lengthy video statement from Ayman al-Zawahiri, issued Sunday, calls on Muslims to step up their resistance to the United States and warns that "new events" are on the way.

"Your leaders are hiding from you the true extent of the disaster," the fugitive deputy to al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden says in the video, which appeared on Islamist Web sites late Sunday.

"And the days are pregnant and giving birth to new events, with Allah's permission and guidance." (Full story)

Europe's top human rights watchdog on criticized global methods of fighting terrorism on Monday, saying the world had not been made any safer by interrogating suspects outside the framework of international law.

"I have no doubt that interrogating suspects using 'alternative procedures' in secret locations beyond the law -- an official U.S. government policy as of this week -- will not make Americans safer in the long run," said Rene van der Linden, chairman of the Council of Europe's parliamentary assembly.

Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi warned that terrorism remains as big a threat as ever, while Australia's leader promised that the values of liberty and religious freedom would in the end emerge victorious.

Hardline lawmakers in Pakistan blamed the five-year U.S. counterattack for "destroying peace in the entire world."

New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark said the security crackdown that followed the September 11 attacks had failed to make the world safer, and that the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq had created a new haven for attackers.

China issued no official statement on the anniversary. But government-linked scholars said the Iraq invasion has been a painful and ultimately unsuccessful diversion, while American foreign policies continue to alienate many in the Muslim world.

Moment of silence
Ceremonies scheduled to take place Monday in the U.S. include a moment of silence at ground zero at 8:46 a.m. (1246 GMT), the moment Flight 11 slammed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center.

About 200 people will then read the names of the victims, stopping only for the moments of silence at 9:03 a.m. (1303 GMT), when the South Tower was hit; 9:59 a.m. (1359 GMT), when the South Tower fell; and then at 10:29 (1529 GMT) a.m., when the North Tower collapsed.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Vice President Dick Cheney are expected to attend a morning ceremony at the Pentagon, where the U.S. President Bush and Mrs. Bush will a wreath.

Cheney told NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday that the United States has "stayed actively and aggressively involved in the hunt for (al Qaeda leader Osama) bin Laden from the very beginning," despite media reports that the task force assigned to find him has been disbanded and reports that the trail has gone cold.

"He continues to be a top priority today. That hasn't changed," Cheney said. "The president and I get periodic reports on our efforts in that regard. There's been no lessening of our interest or of our activity with that." (Watch why the White House says the nation is safer --1:22)

Now 49, the Saudi exile founded al Qaeda in 1988 as an association of Islamic militants who had battled the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan.

Bin Laden and his associates have released numerous videotapes since September 11, 2001, praising and encouraging attacks on Western interests and lamenting the loss of its leaders, many of whom have been killed or captured by U.S.-led troops.

A videotape aired Thursday by Al-Jazeera showed what was described as a meeting between bin Laden and Ramzi Binalshibh, a key plotter in the September 11 attacks, making preparations for the suicide hijackings.

Copyright 2006 CNN. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Associated Press contributed to this report.


http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/09/11/world.memorials/index.html
Report Spam   Logged

"In a monarchy, the king is law, in a democracy, the law is king."
-Thomas Paine
Pages: [1]   Go Up
  Print  
 
Jump to:  

Powered by EzPortal
Bookmark this site! | Upgrade This Forum
SMF For Free - Create your own Forum
Powered by SMF | SMF © 2016, Simple Machines
Privacy Policy