Main points
- Memorial services are taking place today to remember the victims of the 9/11 attacks, which claimed the lives of nearly 3,000 people 25 years ago
- US president Donald Trump plans to attend the Pentagon’s anniversary ceremony in Washington DC later today
- Vice-president JD Vance is expected to attend the observance at the National September 11 Memorial in New York
Key reads
- Denis Staunton on how the US response to 9/11 attacks reshaped the world
- Keith Duggan on the firefighters of 9/11: ‘They were eating breakfast when the call came. They all left’
- Podcast: Could the disastrous legacy of 9/11 have been avoided?
25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in the US
Today marks the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in the United States.
Memorial events will be held to honour the victims such as a special ceremony at the World Trade Center.
On September 11th, 2001, 2,977 people were killed when hijackers crashed three planes into the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Virginia.
Memorial event held in London
A memorial event took place in London at 11am at the 9/11 memorial sculpture in London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester are expected to take the Royal Salute on the Buckingham Palace forecourt on behalf of the King, accompanied by US Ambassador Warren Stephens.
The US ambassador Warren Stephens laid a wreath in Grosvenor Square at the 9/11 Memorial Garden, alongside his wife Harriet.
How US response to 9/11 attacks reshaped the world
When American civil and political leaders gather at the 9/11 memorial in New York on Friday, their focus will properly be on the almost 3,000 people who were murdered in the attacks 25 years ago, writes China correspondent Denis Staunton.
But after the commemoration is over, they might also reflect on the millions of others around the world whose lives were destroyed by the United States’ response to the events of September 11th, 2001.
More than 940,000 were killed directly by post-9/11 war violence in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen and Pakistan, almost half of them civilians, according to the Costs of War project by the Watson School of International and Public Affairs at Brown University.
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Trump to attend Pentagon’s anniversary ceremony
US president Donald Trump plans to attend the Pentagon’s anniversary ceremony later today.
This is the second year in a row for Trump to mark the day at the Pentagon.
At a Tuesday event at the Ellipse just outside the White House, Trump vowed to “never forget” victims, noting that the attacks were one of few moments in history that “divide time into really what came before” and after.
Vice-president JD Vance is expected to attend the observance at the National September 11 Memorial in New York, while other administration officials are headed to the Flight 93 National Memorial in Pennsylvania. – Guardian
At last year’s commemoration at the Pentagon , Trump delivered remarks recounting moments from the day of the attacks, including snippets of conversations from passengers who were aboard the hijacked airplanes. – Guardian
Ceremonies across the US
A number of planned remembrances are planned across the US from beams of light projecting from New Hampshire’s Mount Washington to a stair climb at Mississippi State University’s football stadium to a ceremony at Honolulu’s 9/11 memorial.