20th anniversary of September 11 attacks
20th anniversary of September 11 attacks
Randall Goosby (R) and pianist Zhu Wang perform during the annual 9/11 Commemoration Ceremony at the 9/11 Memorial on the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks in Manhattan, New York City, on Saturday, September 11, 2021. During the ceremony six moments of silence were held, marking when each of the World Trade Center towers was struck and fell and the times corresponding to the attack on the Pentagon and the crash of Flight 93. The nation is marking the 20th anniversary of the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, when the terrorist group al-Qaeda flew hijacked airplanes into the World Trade Center, Shanksville, PA and the Pentagon, killing nearly 3,000 people. Pool Photo by Chip Somodevilla/UPI
OTR:
NYX20210911854
Date:
September 11, 2021
Object Name:
9/11 20th ANNIVERSARY
Keywords:
9/11, NEW YORK, terrorism,News September 11, Terrorism, Terrorist Attacks, World Trade Center, Al Qaida, Ground Zero, Twin Towers, Reflecting Pool, 9/11 Memorial, Covid, Coronavirus
Category:
American News
Supplemental Codes:
Disasters/Accidents/Natural Catastrophes, People, War/Riots/Civil Conflict/Demonstrations




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