Tribute to victims of terrorist attacks from 11 September to 18 years | Chronic

In the United States, they remember the victims of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 and honor them with ceremonies and calls to "never forget".

Many relatives of victims have arrived in the Zero Zone and the President Donald Trump participated in a commemoration at the Pentagon. Vice-president Mike Pence delivered a speech at the site of the third attack near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

Eighteen years after the most deadly terrorist attacks on the American territory, the sequels remain latent. "We can not forget, life will not let us forget" say relatives of the victims.

The ceremonies are intended to commemorate the approximately 3,000 people who died during the attack of a plane hijacked by the Twin Towers, the Pentagon, and a field near Shanksville on September 11, 2001. All names of these victims were read aloud. at a ceremony in the Zero Zone, where the exact time of the aircraft collision and the collapse of the towers are recalled with moments of silence and bells. In addition, as every year, there is a growing awareness of the suffering of another group of people related to the tragedy: firefighters, police and other rescuers who have died or become ill after being exposed to debris and toxins in the air. .

They first silenced, at 8:46 am, the exact time when the hijackers of American Airlines flight 11 crashed between floors 93 to 99 of the north tower. The second moment of silence occurred at 9:03 am, when United Airlines Flight 175 crashed into the 77-85 floors of the south tower. Like every year, several loved ones have taken turns reading the names of all the victims of the bloodiest attack in US history, during a ceremony that lasted four years. hours.

The reading was briefly interrupted to make two more moments of silence, when a plane crashed on the Pentagon and when United Flight 93 crashed into a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Family members, some of whom wore pictures of their lost loved ones, hugged and comforted each other and left flowers in the memorial.

They identified a dead firefighter, 18 years later

A firefighter who died on September 11 was buried Tuesday after his body was found 18 years later. The parents gathered to cry Michael Haub after his remains were conclusively identified, according to the Uniformed Firefighters Association. The service was intended to ensure the closure and tranquility of his family after the coroner identified last week more and more human remains found in the Ground Zero.

In July of this year, the remains of only 60% of the 2,753 people who died in the World Trade Center that day were clearly identified, according to the coroner's office.