Calls for unity as divided US marks 20th anniversary of 9/11The New York skyline with the 'Tribute in Light' installation commemorating the 9/11 attacks on their 20th anniversaryNEW YORK - America marked the 20th anniversary of 9/11 Saturday with pleas for unity at solemn ceremonies given added resonance by the messy withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan and return to power of the Taliban. At 9:37 am, it was the Pentagon, where the hijacked airliner killed 184 people in the plane and on the ground. After nightfall, powerful twin light beams symbolizing the Twin Towers were projected into the sky to commemorate the dead. In a video posted on the eve of the anniversary, Biden urged Americans to come together. And only last week Biden ordered the release of classified documents from the FBI investigation over the next six months.

Source: Bangkok Post September 11, 2021 23:48 UTC