![]() ![]() German Chancellor Angela Merkel admitted that the war on terror had "not achieved all our goals." The EU stands by the US and in the continued fight against terrorism and extremism in all its forms." European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen paid tribute to "those who lost their lives" as well as "those who risked everything to help them."Įuropean Council chief Charles Michel wrote on Twitter: "The horrific attacks of #September11 20 years ago changed the course of history. Ayman al-Zawahrit delivers a message online as leader of the al-Qaida terror group Image: Militant video via SITE/AP Photo/picture alliance Messages of solidarity from EuropeĮuropean leaders have sent messages of support to the United States, saying the 9/11 attackers had failed to destroy Western values. New al-Qaeda video surfacesĪl-Qaeda released a new video of the terror group's leader Ayman al-Zawahiri Saturday - the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. The one-hour video was an apparent bid to refute rumors about al-Zawahiri's death after reports emerged in November suggesting he had died of natural causes.ĭuring the video, he mentions the US withdrawal from Afghanistan but does not mention the Taliban's recapture of Kabul.Īl-Zawahiri was named the head of the terrorist group in 2011 after Osama bin Laden was killed by US special operations forces at his hideout in Pakistan. In order to move forward, we have to manage it, we need to be strong and powerful as we can," he said. "We see, hear, smell, feel this every day and it's something that's in our hearts and souls. ![]() When it settled, you would have thought there would have been pandemonium, but we responded with just a stunned silence."ĭittmar said those who got out are still haunted by the attacks, 20 years on: It felt like forever, it was seconds, maybe a minute. This thing is just rocking back and forth. He then described a "heat ball blowing by as we smell jet fuel. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video "The fire stairwell that we were inside, the concrete bunker started to shake so violently from side to side, the handrails breaking away from the wall, the concrete spidering out, the steps were like waves in the ocean under our feet."ĩ/11 survivor recalls his escape from WTC He told DW what happened when the plane struck: He managed to get out by running down 105 flights of stairs. Joseph Dittmar was in the South Tower of New York's World Trade Center when the first hijacked plane hit the North Tower. Survivor recalls stairwell 'shaking so violently' He released a video on Friday to express his condolences to the loved ones of the victims and highlight the national unity that resulted, at least initially, after 9/11. The president was not scheduled to deliver remarks at any of the sites. In the last few minutes, Biden visited the Pentagon, the symbol of US military might that was pierced by another of the planes that were used as missiles that day. They then flew to Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where the president laid a wreath at the Flight 93 National Memorial, where names of the deceased are etched on a marble wall. Jill and I hold you close in our hearts."īiden began the day in New York, where he and first lady Jill Biden attended a ceremony at the site where the World Trade Center's twin towers once stood before planes struck the buildings and caused them to collapse. Husbands and wives who had to find a way forward without their partners. "We never forget the children who have grown up without parents," tweeted Biden earlier in the day. "Parents who have suffered without children. The US president has now visited each of the sites where hijacked planes crashed in 2001, honoring the victims of the devastating attacks Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff stood alongside Biden as he laid a wreath at the Pentagon 9/11 memorial to mark the place where 125 people lost their lives. US President Joe Biden lays a wreath at the Pentagon where 125 people lost their lives Image: Alex Brandon/AP Photo/picture alliance The president saluted as a bugler played Taps, the US military funeral tune along with his wife First Lady Jill Biden. ![]() The US president visited the Pentagon at the end of his busy schedule commemorating the attacks of September 11, 2001. People around the world commemorated the 9/11 terrorist attacks, which left 2,977 people dead in 2001. For a look at how DW reported on the attacks in 2001, click here.European leaders have offered condolences.9/11 survivor tells DW: 'No way to rationalize what happened'.Biden laid a wreath in Pennsylvania after visiting Ground Zero in New York. ![]()
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