“On this present day 23 years in the past, terrorists believed they might break our will and convey us to our knees. They have been mistaken. They’ll at all times be mistaken. Within the darkest of hours, we discovered gentle. And within the face of concern, we got here collectively – to defend our nation, and to assist each other,” Biden mentioned in an early morning assertion.
Trump, who deliberate to go to the Pennsylvania memorial on Wednesday, instructed Fox Information: “It was very, very unhappy, horrible day. There’s by no means been something prefer it.”
Biden earlier issued a proclamation honouring those that died because of the assaults, in addition to the a whole bunch of 1000’s of People who volunteered for army service afterwards.
“We owe these patriots of the 9/11 Technology a debt of gratitude that we are able to by no means totally repay,” Biden mentioned, citing deployments to Afghanistan, Iraq and different conflict zones, in addition to the seize and killing of September 11 mastermind Osama bin Laden and his deputy
