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On 9/11 Anniversary, Trump Salutes ‘Heroes’ of Flight 93

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09/11/18
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President Donald Trump paid tribute Tuesday to the “heroes” who fought back against hijackers on September 11, 2001, vowing America would never flinch in the face of evil and that he would do whatever it takes to keep the country safe.

Under a grey sky in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, Trump praised the courage of the 40 men and women aboard Flight 93 who rushed the four hijackers who had diverted the plane and were targeting Washington.

“The passengers and crew members came together, took a vote, and they decided to act,” Trump said. “They attacked the enemy. They fought until the very end. And they stopped the forces of terror and defeated this wicked, horrible evil plan.”

He said the “brave patriots turned the tide on our nation’s enemies and joined the immortal ranks of American heroes.”

Bells ring out to remember the victims of the 9/11 terror attacks in Pennsylvania, where 40 people were killed as United Airlines flight 93 crashed into a field.

Follow live updates from ceremonies across the US: https://t.co/LaIDTFsn03 pic.twitter.com/rSQA2q2yYU

— Sky News (@SkyNews) September 11, 2018

After calling their loved ones to say final farewells, many passengers aboard Flight 93 are believed to have charged the hijackers and prevented it from striking the U.S. capital. The plane crashed into a field in the rural Pennsylvanian town, where a permanent memorial called the “Tower of Voices” has been erected.

“This memorial is now a message to the world. America will never, ever submit to tyranny,” Trump said, noting that nearly 5.5 million Americans have joined the U.S. military since 9/11.

“As commander-in-chief, I will always do everything in my power to prevent terrorists from striking American soil,” the president added, while also paying tribute to the nearly 7,000 U.S. service members who have been killed “facing down the menace of radical Islamic terrorism.”

A short while earlier in Trump’s native New York, at Ground Zero, there was a minute’s silence at 8:46 am (1246 GMT), the moment the first of two hijacked airliners struck the World Trade Center.

In what has become an annual tradition, relatives began reading out the long list of those who were killed, saying a few words about those who died, in a ceremony that takes longer than three hours.

#NeverForget #September11th https://t.co/l8WZer3UOL

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 11, 2018

Deadliest Ever Attacks

In all, four planes were hijacked by Al-Qaeda militants who used them to topple the trade center’s twin towers and hit the Pentagon.

Flight 93 was the fourth plane.

Todd Beamer was aboard Flight 93 which was hijacked as part of the September 11 attacks in 2001. He was one of the passengers who tried to reclaim the aircraft from the hijackers. Todd's actions express the greatness that resides in all of us. Let's Roll! #NeverForget pic.twitter.com/VhkGarDOOR

— Franklin County Sheriff’s Office (@OHFCSO) September 11, 2018

With 2,996 people killed and more than 6,000 injured, the attacks remain the deadliest ever on U.S. soil.

They plunged the United States into a chain of rolling wars against Islamic jihadists.

At the Pentagon, a huge American flag was unfurled over the building’s western side at sunrise, marking the spot where Flight 77 smashed into the military headquarters.

All 59 passengers and crew aboard the flight were killed, along with another 125 personnel working in the Pentagon.

During a ceremony at the Pentagon’s 9/11 memorial site, where the names of the fallen are etched into a series of benches, Vice President Mike Pence touted Trump’s support for the military.

“Last year, President trump signed the largest increase in our national defense in a generation,” Pence said.

“And with that renewed support, we are giving our men and women in uniform and their commanding officers the resources and rules of engagement they need to fight and win where the perpetrators of this attack found safe haven.”

In addition to those killed on September 11, thousands of first responders, construction workers, and residents have since developed illness, many of them terminal, as a result of inhaling toxic fumes.

Irwin Redlener: US Remains Ill-prepared for Terror Attacks, Natural Disasters [Part I]

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