[1/6] A person holds a flag, on the day of the 22nd anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, in New York City, U.S., September 11, 2023.
REUTERS/Andrew Kelly Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Americans paused on Monday to remember the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, 22 years after Islamist hijackers seized control of jetliners and crashed them into the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
Biden's decision to hold the event in Alaska, instead of Washington or New York, was a departure from what has been presidential custom.
Across the Potomac River from Washington, Pentagon officials held the traditional event at the U.S. military's headquarters.
The 9/11 attacks were the worst assault on U.S. soil since the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, where 2,400 people were killed.
Persons:
Andrew Kelly, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Douglas Emhoff, George W, Bush, al, Osama bin Laden, Bin, Barack Obama, Steve Holland, Heather Timmons, Jonathan Oatis
Organizations:
World Trade Center, & Museum, REUTERS, Rights, Trade Center, Pentagon, Thomson
Locations:
New York City, U.S, Alaska, India, Vietnam, Anchorage, Washington, New York, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii