“May we never forget the countless Canadians, from coast to coast to coast, who opened their hearts and their homes to those affected by the attacks”, he said.
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Meanwhile, another memorial service was held in NY and the ceremony saw the recitations of about 3,000 names – the victims of one of America’s saddest moments in history.
The president thanked the “extraordinary” individuals who have joined the military that has dealt “devastating blows to al-Qaida”, the Navy SEALs who “made sure justice was finally” brought to Osama bin Laden and the more than 5,000 servicemembers who have died on battlefields in Iraq and Afghanistan since the 9/11 attacks. We come together in prayer and in gratitude for the strength that has fortified us across these 15 years.
As classical music drifted across the 9/11 Memorial plaza in lower Manhattan, family members and first responders slowly read the names and delivered personal memories of the nearly 3,000 victims killed in the worst attack on US soil since the 1941 bombing of Pearl Harbor. Upon leaving the Manhattan building a few hours later, the 69-year-old presidential candidate smiled and posed for a picture with a young girl. That, however, is not as scary as it sounds; in 2012, probably the best year of the Americanphile Aquino’s presidency, total United States aid to the Philippines was about $197 million, or about P9.26 billion – not an insignificant amount, but not one that would cause the country’s economy to collapse if it was withdrawn. “With our stronger defenses, terrorists often attempt attacks on a small yet still deadly scale”. We’ve prevented attacks. We’ve saved lives.
“While 9/11 will long be remembered as a day of destruction and terror, let us also remember it for the remarkable humanity that was shown in such a tragic time. This is the America that we must remain true to”. He specifically cited attacks in Boston, San Bernardino and Orlando as examples.
“E Pluribus Unum, out of many, we are one”.
Trump – a NY real estate mogul – has said he donated construction equipment to the recovery effort and gave $100,000 to the memorial after touring it for the first time earlier this year. “It is still and always will be one of our greatest strengths”, Obama said at a remembrance service at the Pentagon, one of the sites attacked on 9/11.
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After the moment of silence, officials started reading through the complete list of 9/11 victims, a lot of them employees at the destroyed Twin Towers. “I’m feeling great”, she told reporters. “You remind us there’s nothing that Americans can’t overcome”. “With partners on every continent, we are helping to defeat terrorists by targeting their leadership, shrinking their territory, choking their finances, disrupting their networks, and discrediting their lies”, he added. We will preserve our freedoms and the way of life that makes us a beacon to the world. May He watch over these faithful families and all who protect us. While the goal of the war launched by the United States was supposedly to eliminate terrorism, the fear and hatred those foreign “meddlers” had stirred up in the Middle East has created a breeding ground for extremist ideology.
