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USA remembers 9/11 victims, heroes
America on Tuesday paid homage to the victims and heroes of the 9/11 tragedy on the eleventh anniversary of the terrorist attacks in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania.
Taking a break from their campaign blitz, President Barack Obama, his Republican rival Mitt Romney and their parties pulled their negative ads for a day and gathered at various venues to remember the victims and renew their pledges to keep America safer.
While thousands gathered at Ground Zero in New York for a day-long sombre ceremony, President Obama paid tributes at the Pentagon.
“This is never an easy day. But it is especially difficult for all of you -- the families of nearly 3,000 innocents who lost their lives — your mothers and fathers, your husbands and wives, your sons and your daughters,” he said.
At the same time, he noted: “So as painful as this day is and always will be, it leaves us with a lesson that no single event can ever destroy who we are. No act of terrorism can ever change what we stand for.”
“When the history books are written, the true legacy of 9/11 will not be one of fear or hate or division. It will be a safer world; a stronger nation; and a people more united than ever before,” Obama said.
Romney, who flew to Nevada to address the National Guard whose members were deployed as part of the military response, said in a statement that “those who would attack us should know that we are united, one nation under God, in our determination to stop them and to stand tall for peace and freedom at home and across the world”.
Taliban taunts US with ‘utter defeat’ on 9/11 anniversary
Kabul: The Taliban has taunted US with the prospect of “utter defeat” in Afghanistan, marking the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks that saw US troops invade to bring down the militia’s repressive regime.
The anniversary itself was muted in Afghanistan, where US and NATO troops organised only small ceremonies to commemorate the deaths of nearly 3,000 people in the worst terror strike on US soil.
Soldiers sang the US national anthem and said prayers on behalf of the victims, said an AFP photographer who attended one of the commemorations. On the eve of the anniversary, a rocket fired by insurgents on the largest US base in Afghanistan destroyed a helicopter, killing three Afghan intelligence agents, officials said.
America on Tuesday paid homage to the victims and heroes of the 9/11 tragedy on the eleventh anniversary of the terrorist attacks in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania.
Taking a break from their campaign blitz, President Barack Obama, his Republican rival Mitt Romney and their parties pulled their negative ads for a day and gathered at various venues to remember the victims and renew their pledges to keep America safer.
While thousands gathered at Ground Zero in New York for a day-long sombre ceremony, President Obama paid tributes at the Pentagon.
“This is never an easy day. But it is especially difficult for all of you -- the families of nearly 3,000 innocents who lost their lives — your mothers and fathers, your husbands and wives, your sons and your daughters,” he said.
At the same time, he noted: “So as painful as this day is and always will be, it leaves us with a lesson that no single event can ever destroy who we are. No act of terrorism can ever change what we stand for.”
“When the history books are written, the true legacy of 9/11 will not be one of fear or hate or division. It will be a safer world; a stronger nation; and a people more united than ever before,” Obama said.
Romney, who flew to Nevada to address the National Guard whose members were deployed as part of the military response, said in a statement that “those who would attack us should know that we are united, one nation under God, in our determination to stop them and to stand tall for peace and freedom at home and across the world”.
Taliban taunts US with ‘utter defeat’ on 9/11 anniversary
Kabul: The Taliban has taunted US with the prospect of “utter defeat” in Afghanistan, marking the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks that saw US troops invade to bring down the militia’s repressive regime.
The anniversary itself was muted in Afghanistan, where US and NATO troops organised only small ceremonies to commemorate the deaths of nearly 3,000 people in the worst terror strike on US soil.
Soldiers sang the US national anthem and said prayers on behalf of the victims, said an AFP photographer who attended one of the commemorations. On the eve of the anniversary, a rocket fired by insurgents on the largest US base in Afghanistan destroyed a helicopter, killing three Afghan intelligence agents, officials said.
