US marks 21st anniversary of 9/11 terror attacks
Washington, 11 September 2022 (MIA) – Sunday marks 21 years since Islamic extremist group in the United States hijacked four airplanes and carried out the deadliest terrorist attack in the history of modern civilization.
On the occasion, US President Joe Biden will speak and lay a wreath at the Pentagon, the White House said in a press release.
First lady Jill Biden will speak in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where one of the hijacked planes went down.
Vice President Kamala Harris and husband Doug Emhoff will attend commemoration ceremony at the National Sept. 11 Memorial in New York.
On Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, suicide terrorists hijacked US passenger planes and plowed into both towers at the World Trade Center in New York, killing thousands.
The first plane crashed into the World Trade Center’s North Tower at 8:46 am, and the second crashed into the South Tower at 9:03 am.
All passengers aboard were instantly killed, and people were trapped in the above floors.
In less than two hours, both towers of the World Trade Center collapsed.
The third plane crashed into the Pentagon at 9:37 am, killing passengers aboard as well as civilians and military personnel in the building.
The fourth plane plowed into an empty field in Pennsylvania at 10:03 am, after passengers aboard managed to destabilize revolt.
Although its ultimate target is unknown, it is believed it was heading for the US Capitol in Washington.
In the attacks, 2,977 people were killed, not including the 19 hijackers.
