Americans commemorate 9/11 anniversary
Vu Hop, VOV’s correspondent in the US -
(VOVWORLD) - Americans paused on Monday to remember the attacks of September 11, 2001, 22 years after Islamist hijackers seized control of jetliners and crashed them into the Pentagon and the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center.
 The commemoration of victims in the attacks of September 11, 2001. (Photo: news.abplive.com) |
President Joe Biden, speaking at a military base in Anchorage, Alaska, said this is a time to remember the spirit of American unity.
At ground zero in New York City, Vice President Kamala Harris joined other dignitaries at a ceremony at the September 11 Memorial.
First Lady Jill Biden laid a wreath at the 9/11 memorial at the Pentagon, where a giant American flag hung over the side of the building.
Vu Hop, VOV’s correspondent in the US