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15 years on, US remembers 9/11 terrorist attacks


Monday, September 12, 2016 15 years on, US remembers 9/11 terrorist attacksThe US marked the 15th anniversary of 9/11 yesterday, with victims’ relatives reading their names and reflecting on a loss that still felt as immediate to them as it was indelible for the nation. Over 1,000 victims’ family members, survivors and dignitaries gathered at ground zero in New York City under an overcast sky. You don’t move forward — it always stays with you,” said Tom Acquaviva, who lost his son, Paul Acquaviva. Nearly 3,000 people died when hijacked planes slammed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field near Shanksville on September 11, 2001. It was the deadliest terror attack on US soil.


Source: Bueno Aires Herald September 12, 2016 00:56 UTC



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