International🌐 Available in EnglishSeptember 10, 2026
25 years on, America seeks to keep 9/11 memories alive
France 24
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France 24
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A quarter-century after the 9/11 attacks, the United States strives to preserve memories of the 2001 tragedy as fewer Americans recall it firsthand. President Trump will pay respects at the Pentagon rather than New York, where the majority of the nearly 3,000 victims perished.
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A quarter century after the era-defining attacks of September 11, the United States is eager to keep alive the memory of a 2001 trauma that is fading as the proportion of Americans who did not experience it firsthand grows. President Donald Trump will pay his respects at the Pentagon rather than in New York, where the attacks by hijacked passenger planes on the World Trade Center towers claimed the largest number of the 2,977 total victims recorded on that day.