9/11 attacks still reverberate as US marks 21st anniversary

[Scott]

 

NEW YORK (AP) — Americans remembered 9/11 on Sunday with tear-choked tributes, and pleas to “never forget,” 21 years after the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil.

Bonita Mentis set out to read victims’ names at the ground zero ceremony wearing a necklace with a photo of her slain sister, Shevonne Mentis, a 25-year-old Guyanese immigrant who worked for a financial firm.

“It’s been 21 years, but it’s not 21 years for us.

https://apnews.com/article/new-york-government-and-politics-c5e1bcbcf3327938bb3c1a34e4807a5d

[Rimmer]

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[OneMoreFarang]

And then Bush invaded Afghanistan, and then, 20 years later, they left again, and the Taliban is in charge again.

 

from Wikipedia:

"2,996 people died in the September 11, 2001 attacks"

"During the War in Afghanistan, according to the Costs of War Project the war killed 176,000 people in Afghanistan"

 

RIP

[candide]

1 hour ago, OneMoreFarang said:

And then Bush invaded Afghanistan, and then, 20 years later, they left again, and the Taliban is in charge again.

 

from Wikipedia:

"2,996 people died in the September 11, 2001 attacks"

"During the War in Afghanistan, according to the Costs of War Project the war killed 176,000 people in Afghanistan"

 

RIP

Not to forget the war in Irak. A country which, unlike Afghanistan, had absolutely no relation to the 9/11 attack.6