U.S. marks 25 years since Sept. 11 attacks; Trump speaks at Pentagon
NEW · Fri. 8:00 a.m. EDT
The United States observes the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks that killed about 2,977 people at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and in Shanksville, Pa. President Donald Trump is scheduled to speak at the Pentagon ceremony (~9 a.m. EDT); Vice President JD Vance attends the Ground Zero / National September 11 Memorial ceremony in New York; other administration officials are at the Flight 93 National Memorial. New York’s ceremony adds a seventh moment of silence for people who died later from toxic-dust illnesses — federal monitoring programs have cited 9,400-plus illness-linked deaths in some reporting. Friday is also Patriot Day and a National Day of Service and Remembrance; politicians have generally been barred from speaking at the NYC Ground Zero ceremony since about 2012.
The Pentagon in Arlington, Va., photographed from the air in January 2008. File photograph used for layout; not from Friday’s 25th-anniversary ceremony.
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Center-left view
AP, CNN, and PBS NewsHour frame Friday’s observances around remembrance and the new Ground Zero silence for toxic-dust illness deaths, noting Trump speaks at the Pentagon in part because the National September 11 Memorial and Museum has barred political speeches at the NYC ceremony since about 2012 while Vance represents the administration in Manhattan.
Sources: Associated Press / ABC News · CNN · PBS NewsHour
Center-right view
Fox News, WTOP, and the White House Patriot Day proclamation emphasize Trump honoring victims and first responders at the Pentagon, Vance at Ground Zero, and other officials in Shanksville so the administration is present at all three attack sites — with half-staff flags and a Never Forget / national-defense framing for the 25th anniversary.
Sources: Fox News · WTOP · The White House