The attacks carried out by hijacked planes claimed almost three thousand lives and left a deep mark on American foreign policy and the nation’s internal fears.
By first time since the attacksa President of the United States will not be in Washington, New York or Pennsylvaniawhere one of the hijacked planes crashedto mark a new anniversary of the worst terrorist attacks that changed the history of the North American country.
He president joe biden He made a publication on his social networks in honor of the victims and will participate in a ceremony to be held at a military base in Anchorage “to remember that the impact of 9/11 was felt in every corner of the nation, no matter how remote,” during his trip back to Washington after visiting India and Vietnam.
For its part, citizens will meet this Monday in memorials, fire stations, town halls and other places to remember the 22nd anniversary.
The commemorations they spread from the sites of the attackssuch as the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon and Shanksville, Pennsylvania, to places as far away as Alaska.
“Operation Planes”: the plan behind September 11
Today, the United States and the world remember the twenty-second anniversary of the tragic attacks of September 11, 2001, known under the code name “Operation Planes”. These terrorist acts, planned by the Pakistani Khalid Sheikh Mohamedmarked a turning point in contemporary history.
On that day, kidnappers took control of commercial airplanesturning them into lethal weapons that crashed into the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington, DC. Almost three thousand people lost their lives in these attacks.
Despite the initial reluctance of Osama bin Laden, al Qaeda leaderthese unprecedented acts of violence triggered a series of events that transformed world politics.
Source: Ambito
