9/11: New York commemorates 20 years of the attack | Biden leads the act

United States President Joe Biden is leading the event in New York for the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks which began this Saturday at 8:46 a.m. local time (9:46 a.m. in Argentina), when the first American Airlines plane crashed into one of the Twin Towers.

The tributes began with a minute of silence and the reading of the names of the fatal victims of the attacks which killed nearly 3,000 people of 90 nationalities.

Mike Low, who lost his daughter Sarah on September 11, was the first to speak. He remembered what happened two decades ago as a “gray and black” day and thanked those who helped him “get through the darkest days of our lives”.

Bruce springsteen He also participated in the tribute by singing his song “I will see you in my dreams” (“I will see you in my dreams”), in front of a calm, embracing crowd as the song sounded.

The ceremonies will continue throughout the day and will take place amid strong security measures and as part of a particular importance for the precipitous departure of American soldiers from Afghanistan and the return to a certain normality in the midst of a pandemic.

Unlike last year which was virtual due to the coronavirus, the events are taking place face-to-face and they count with the participation of the authorities, the survivors and the relatives of the victims of the worst terrorist attacks on American soil which in many ways changed the course of history in the country and in the world.

Throughout the day there are four minutes of silence: the second at 9:03 a.m. local time in which the second plane struck the south tower, repeating at 9:37 a.m. and 9:59 a.m., when the third plane collided with the Pentagon and the fourth plane crashed in the state of Pennsylvania without reaching its target which was the Capitol.

At the central event in New York City were former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, as well as current President Biden, who in a video released Friday called for “unity” among Americans.

“For me, this is the main lesson of September 11. In the moment of greatest vulnerability, (…) unity is our greatest strength, ”the president said in his message.

Many people have visited New York this week to pay tribute to the 2,977 victims of the attacks perpetrated by 19 extremists, mostly Saudi, who crashed four planes they had previously hijacked.

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