In a message to US President Joe Biden, the Queen said: “My thoughts and prayers – and those of my family and the nation as a whole – are with the victims, survivors and affected families, as well as first responders and rescue workers who were called Went to duty.
The terrorists behind the 9/11 attacks in the United States failed to shake faith in freedom and democracy, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Saturday, as the world marked the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks.
Johnson said in a message on Twitter that even though the terror threat was not over, people refused to live in “permanent fear”.
“Today we remember the 2,977 people we took on September 11, 2001,” Johnson said in his message. “But when terrorists carried the burden of their misery and suffering, we can now say in the perspective of 20 years that they failed to shake our faith in freedom and democracy,” he said.
“Today we are coming together – in sorrow but also in faith and resolve – shows the failure of terrorism,” he said.
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II also expressed her condolences to the victims, survivors and affected families of the attacks 20 years ago.
In a message to US President Joe Biden, the 95-year-old monarch said: “My thoughts and prayers – and those of my family and the entire nation – are with the victims, survivors and affected families, as well as with first responders and rescue workers. was called on duty.
“My visit to the site of the World Trade Center in 2010 is held sharply in my memory. It reminds me that while we honor those from many countries, religions and backgrounds who lost their lives, we It also pays tribute to the resilience and determination of the communities that joined together to rebuild,” she said.
A total of 2,977 people were killed, including 67 British citizens, in the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington. Attacks by al Qaeda from Afghanistan saw four US passenger jets seized by suicide bombers – two of which were flown over the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York.
Another plane crashed at the Pentagon just outside the US capital, Washington DC, and a fourth plane crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. Events are being organized around the world to remember those who lost their lives. As part of the day’s events to mark the anniversary, a private service of remembrance organized by the UK Family Support Group on 11 September will be held at Grosvenor Square in central London.
After sunset, 67 candles will be lit in the garden to remember each of the British victims.
Johnson’s address at a memorial event in east London’s Olympic Park on Saturday referred to recent events in Afghanistan that had only strengthened people’s faith in freedom and democracy.
Johnson said: “Twenty years ago, September 11, 2001, after Pearl Harbor was, in the words of President (Franklin) Roosevelt, ‘a date that will remain in disrepute.
“But while terrorists burdened their misery and suffering, and continue to be a threat today, we can now say in the perspective of 20 years that they failed to shake our faith in freedom and democracy; they failed to tear our nations apart. fail to do so, or lead us to abandon our values, or to live in permanent fear.”
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