A ceremony commemorating the 9/ 11's 14th anniversary will take place on Friday at the World Trade Centre site.- In all, there were 19 hijackers, including Hani Hajour, who had a commercial pilot's licence. Fifteen of the men were from Saudi Arabia, two from the United Arab Emirates, one (Atta) from Egypt, and one from Lebanon.
- At 9.37 am EDT, American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon (the headquarters of the US defence department), damaging its western side.
- Between 8.45 am and 9 am (EDT), two planes, American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175, were flown straight into the World Trade Center in New York. While Flight 11 hit between 93-95 floors of the one of the twin towers, the Flight
- High rises came crashing down like pack of cards and over 3000 lost their lives - everything happened in over three hours. Cleaning up of 1.8 million tons of debris at Ground Zero took few months and it officially ended on May 30, 2002.
- September 11, 2001 was a black Tuesday for the United States of America. In a bloodiest attack on the US, four passenger airliners were hijacked by 19 al-Qaeda terrorists and were flown into buildings across the US in suicide attacks. The world was
- On the 13 anniversary at the Pentagon, US President Barack Obama honored the more than 6,800 troops who have lost their lives in Afghanistan and Iraq since 2001, noting that US forces would be wrapping up their combat mission in Afghanistan by the
- "As Americans, we draw strength from you, for your love is the ultimate rebuke to the hatred of those who attacked us that bright, blue morning," Obama said to relatives of victims at the Pentagon scene of one of the 9/11 strikes in 2013.
- Last year in 2013 a somber ceremonies of remembrance were held in New York and Washington, against the backdrop of Obama's pledge to "destroy" Islamic State fighters in Iraq and Syria a new front in the war on radical Islam begun in earnest 13 years
- Pieces of steel from the twin towers have been parceled out to all 50 states and eight countries for memorials and museum exhibits and were used in the construction of the U.S. Navy ship USS New York. Of 2,200 pieces of steel preserved in an
- A steel beam from the World Trade Center stands at the center of the National September 11 Memorial Museum's Foundation Hall before the New York City museum's May 15, 2014, dedication ceremony.
- Tomblin plans to join first responders Friday morning at the West Virginia Fallen Firefighter Memorial on the state Capitol grounds in Charleston. A moment of silent will be observed, followed by a wreath laying and bell ringing ceremony.
- Governor of West Virginia Earl Ray Tomblin will commemorate the 14th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on Friday.
- The new $26 million visitors’ complex is expected to draw a larger crowd than normal for the14th anniversary observance at the Flight 93 National Memorial.
- In the memorial, Yachiyo Kuge, the mother of Toshiya Kuge, of Japan, who was a passenger on Flight 93, carried a lantern to place at her daughter's name on the Wall of Names at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville.
- This year the United Airlines flight crew members participate in a candlelight memorial for the passengers and crew of United Flight 93, at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville.
- Approximately 2,983 people lost their lives and the ceremony involves reading names of all the victims, reports said.
- The commemoration is said to be reserved for the family and friends of the victims of the 2001 and 1993 attack.
- The National 9/11 memorial and museum will mark the 14th anniversary of the attack, 3000 people who lost their lives will be honoured and remembered. The ceremony is also going to remember the victims of 1993 attack.
- Just a day before the 14th anniversary of the 9/11 attack, this picture went viral on the internet that showed a rainbow coming from the World Trade Center in New York City (Photo: Twitter)
- The Tribute in Light: Comprised of 44 7,000-watt xenon light bulbs arranged into two 48-foot squares in the shape of the twin towers, the tribute in light is located at West and Morris Streets in Lower Manhattan. Each year, the lights are lit at
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A ceremony commemorating the 9/ 11's 14th anniversary will take place on Friday at the World Trade Centre site.
<p>It was a black Tuesday for the United States of America. In a bloodiest attack on the US, on September 11, 2001, four passenger airliners were hijacked by 19 al-Qaeda terrorists and were flown into buildings across the US in suicide attacks. The world was shaken by the well-planned terror attacks executed with high precision.</p><p>High rises came crashing down like pack of cards and over 3000 lost their lives - everything happened in over three hours. Cleaning up of 1.8 million tons of debris at Ground Zero took few months and it officially ended on May 30, 2002.</p><p>Between 8.45 am and 9 am (EDT), two planes, American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175, were flown straight into the World Trade Center in New York. While Flight 11 hit between 93-95 floors of the one of the twin towers, the Flight 175 crashed into 77-85 floors.</p><p>At 9.37 am EDT, American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon (the headquarters of the US defence department), damaging its western side.</p><p>In all, there were 19 hijackers, including Hani Hajour, who had a commercial pilot's licence. Fifteen of the men were from Saudi Arabia, two from the United Arab Emirates, one (Atta) from Egypt, and one from Lebanon.</p>
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