Good Morning And Welcome to your new day. Im boris sanchez. Im christi paul. Its saturday, September 11th. We are so grateful to have you with us this morning as always because today were all pausing to mark this grim day. 20 years since the September 11th attacks. Its hard to believe that its been two decades and its hard to really over state just how impactful this day has been in american history. Last night the tower of light lit up the sky from Lower Manhattan where nearly 3,000 people lost their lives. This morning theres a similar tribute over The Pentagon. We watched just moments ago as The Pentagon unfurled the american flag over the West Side of The Pentagon, a tribute to those lives that were taken there. 20 years have passed since terrorists hijacked planes crashing two of them into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center and one of them into The Pentagon. Passengers on a fourth flight fought back forcing them to crash into a field in pennsylvania. It was only a 20 Minute
In Atlanta Welcome to all you watching us here in the united states, canada and Around The World. This is Cnn Newsroom. Im kim brunhubar. Plenty of americans remember exactly where they were on 9 11. In the coming hours those memories and emotions will come flooding back as the u. S. Marks the 20th Anniversary of the attacks. Where the Twin Towers once stood are now two beams of white light. This anniversary comes he at the very moment the u. S. Has left afghanistan, ending the 20 Year War that was triggered that day. Nearly 3,000 people died on 9 11 at the World Trade Center, at the u. S. Pentagon and in a feel in shanksville, pennsylvania where passengers foiled one take. They were mostly americans. But others came from more than 90 countries. The president and First Lady will pay their respects at all three sites on saturday. Earlier Joe Biden spoke about the deeper significance of the tragedy. Memories is what makes us who we are. America at its best. To me its the central lesson o
Last night a tower of light lit up the sky from Lower Manhattan where nearly 3,000 people lost their lives and theres a similar tribute over at the pentagon where more than 180 people died. Two decades have passed since terrorists hijacked planes crashing two into the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center and one into the pentagon. Passengers on a fourth flight fought back forcing hijackers to crash the plane into a field in shanksville, pennsylvania. Who could ever forget the story of the two words. For the first time as commander in chief, President Biden will pay his respects at the three sites. He recognized the people who died and the people they loved that are left behind. Its so hard, whether its the first year, the 20th. So many have grown up without parents. Parents are suffering without children. Husbands and wives had to find ways forward without their partners in life. Brothers and sisters, uncles and aunts, Loved Ones Awith a Hole N their heart. No matter how much time has
Today is marking a difficult milestone that changed our country and the world. Tributes will be under way at all three sites where nearly 3,000 americans lost their lives. Of course, President Biden will visit them right here in new York City where the first two planes crashed into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. We a Commemoration Ceremony is set to begin around 8 40 a. M. Eastern. The obamas and the clintons, they will also be attendance. Former President Trump says he will visit Ground Zero, too. Though it is unclear if he will be at the actual ceremony. Of course, later this morning, a ceremony at the pittsburgh. The site of the second Terrorist Attacks a Big American Flag, just moments from now, unfurling over the side of the building as the Sun Rises in our nations capitol. We will take you there live as it happens. Well take you to shanksville, pennsylvania, where the fourth plane, United Flight 93 crashed before reaching washington, d. C. , thanks to a group of Coura
After a stunning series of Attacks Today against targets in New York and in Washington D. C. The World Trade Center and The Pentagon. The terrorist used hijacks A Billion airliners and theiR Passengers as guided missiles in their attacks. The most serious attack on this country since Pearl Harbor. Tonight, the dead still are being counted, an unknown number still of missing. At this hour, in this war, another development, there are reports out of kabul, the capital of afghanistan, of explosions, with The Pentagon and the cia are flatly denying that the United States had anything to do with those explosions. This has been one of the darkest days in america, and it is not yet over. Here at home now a quick look at the locations where the airliners hit, the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, 20 minutes apart. Then, within an hour this morning, The Pentagon. And then, the final crash just minutes later about 80 Miles Southeast oF Pittsburgh, 266 people on the four airplanes alone all p