Victims of September 11th in memory of the United States

Marking this date, President Joe Biden declared the days beginning September 9 as National Days of Prayer and Remembrance, and called on Americans to honor those affected by the terrorist attack and their loved ones with best wishes, services, visits, and vigils. Other activities.

As announced by the White House, the President will pay tribute to the victims of the tragedy that occurred after two planes struck the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York; One at the Pentagon near Washington and another near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

Also on each anniversary, the families of the victims gather in a ceremony at 9/11 Memorial Square and recite out loud the names of 2,983 men, women and children who died in the 2001 and February 26, 1993 attacks against the World Trade Center.

Similarly, many buildings in New York illuminate their roofs or facades a sky blue color in memory of those who have died.

After what is considered the deadliest attack in national history, Congress and the White House responded with an unprecedented expansion of military, police, and intelligence powers aimed at eliminating and stopping terrorists at home and abroad.

American forces were deployed to Afghanistan, because the Taliban supposedly provided sanctuary there to the terrorist group Al-Qaeda, which is responsible for the attacks.

In the view of analysts, during the two decades of war, Washington’s forces and their NATO allies have failed to defeat the Taliban or establish democracy at their convenience, but have fueled the spread of radical Islamist groups.

In August 2021, Biden completed the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan and ended the longest war in the United States, but, contrary to what the president had predicted, it was a failure that was reflected in his declining popularity in the opinion polls and was seen as a turnaround. point in his presidency.