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One of the families who read out the names of victims of the 9/11 attacks in New York City took the opportunity to stand on the podium Sunday to remind politicians 21 years later.
At an annual memorial service in lower Manhattan, the man “clearly remembers” his cousin John De Giovanni, a victim of the 1993 World Trade Center bombings, even though he was four years old at the time. ‘ said.
“I love you and miss you. 9/11 related illnesses and their families.
“Without him, we wouldn’t have had the opportunity to talk and remember our loved ones as we do now,” the man said of Wolfgruber. It took tragedy to create this new family.”
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“I want to remind everyone out there that our politicians and elected leaders are now surrounded by borders,” the man continued, referring to the cordoned off area where politicians stood. “It took a tragedy to unite our nation. At the time, whether you were a Republican or a Democrat, no one cared about your age, gender, race, or ethnicity. There was no one. We were united. It took tragedy to unite us.”
The camera panned to where Vice President Kamala Harris was standing. Next to her husband, Doug Emhoff, she applauded. New York City Mayor Eric Adams watched solemnly, as did former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. NYPD Commissioner He Keychant Sewell was also in the frame.
“And I want to remind everyone out there that it shouldn’t take another tragedy to unite our nation. “If I have to stand on another podium for the event of…it will hurt just like me,” the man added, drawing applause from the crowd. I will continue to do this and stay with my family.God bless America.Thank you.”
Sunday marks the 21st anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks. In the attack, al-Qaeda terrorists flew hijacked commercial airliners over the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and fields in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, killing nearly 3,000 people. The United States and its allies responded by launching the Afghanistan War.
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President Biden marked the one-year anniversary of the United States’ withdrawal from Afghanistan late last month in low-key fashion. He campaigned to bring troops home from America’s longest-running conflict, but the war ended abruptly in August 2021 when the government collapsed, leaving 170 Afghans and 13 U.S. soldiers at Kabul’s airport. A soldier died in a tragic bombing.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.