Commemoration of 9/11 at the Pentagon with the presence of Donald Trump
Authorities and political figures remember the victims of the attack against the headquarters of the Department of Defense in 2001.
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President Donald Trump and other political figures commemorated the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon, remembering the 184 victims of the 2001 attack in Virginia.
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Why It Matters
On September 11, 2001, a hijacked plane crashed into the Pentagon, killing 184 people.
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, speaks at the event commemorating the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon, the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense. It was the third plane hijacked on September 11, 2001, which collided with one of the building's facades. All 64 people on board the plane (five of them hijackers) and 125 people in the building died in the attack.
The Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, wanted to remember “the value of millions of Americans” who volunteered to fight the US wars in the Middle East. A generation of “value” that fought in conflicts that were their “retribution.”
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Dan Caine, has thanked “the completely selfless acts of civilians and emergency personnel who rushed directly into danger.” He ended his statement by mentioning the United States' war with Iran and "permanent surveillance", for him, "the price of freedom."
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has stated how both she and former President George Bush thought that the terrorists' first attack "was an accident, until 17 minutes later, the second plane hit." He closed his speech by admitting that “those of us who were in positions of authority that day did not understand the nature of that danger in time to prevent the 9/11 attack.”
The ceremony is held at the Pentagon's 9/11 Memorial in Virginia, United States, where there are 184 commemorative benches, one for each victim of the attack.
