9/11/2018

9/11/MELANIA/PENNSYLVANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have visited a memorial in Pennsylvania to mark the 9/11 attacks 17 years ago. Mr Trump delivered a speech commemorating the airplane passengers who are thought to have charged the cockpit to stop the attackers. Ceremonies are also being held at New York City’s 9/11 Memorial plaza on the World Trade Center site. It was deadliest foreign attack ever on US soil, killing 2,996 people…The president spoke at the newly inaugurated Tower of Voices memorial, a 93ft (28m) tall structure with 40 wind chimes. On 11 September 2001, hijackers flew planes into the World Trade Center in New York City, and the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia.”

BBC Staff, “Trump marks 9/11 anniversary at Pennsylvania memorial,” BBC.com, September 11, 2018