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September 11, 2011, Sunday
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US President Barack Obama will hail national resilience and remember hurting families when he gives the main speech of his September 11 commemorations on the 10th anniversary of the day terrorists astonished America.
Obama will honor victims at each of the sites where nearly 3,000 people were killed in the 2001 attacks -- first at ground zero in lower Manhattan, then in Pennsylvania and at the Pentagon. Yet his only address to the nation will come at night, lasting about 15 minutes during an event at the Kennedy Center in Washington.
Strong message
The message to expect from the president: America's character is stronger than the blow inflicted by al-Qaida or any other threat to the country, deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes said on Friday.
The president also will put an emphasis on how lives have changed for the families affected by September 11 and for the soldiers who have served since that day. It has been a period in which more than 6,000 service members have died and 45,000 have been wounded in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.
"This is something that had an extraordinary toll on individual Americans, and that's what can't be lost amid the broader debates this country has had," said Rhodes, who handles strategic communications for the National Security Council and has been involved in shaping Obama's remarks.
"You've had families who have had to rebuild their lives. You've had troops that have had to serve. That's very much where his focus is going to be."
Nearly 3,000 people were killed when al-Qaida terrorists hijacked four airplanes and steered them toward the symbols of American democracy and power.
Two planes first crashed into the towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. The towers soon collapsed.
One plane smashed into the Pentagon. And the last one, believed to be intended by hijackers for the White House or the Capitol, plummeted into a Pennsylvania field as passengers fought back to avoid calamity.
The White House insists Obama has no intention to change his plans amid a credible but unconfirmed threat of an al-Qaida attack in New York or Washington around the September 11 anniversary.
Former President George W. Bush will also be in New York City.
Obama will honor victims at each of the sites where nearly 3,000 people were killed in the 2001 attacks -- first at ground zero in lower Manhattan, then in Pennsylvania and at the Pentagon. Yet his only address to the nation will come at night, lasting about 15 minutes during an event at the Kennedy Center in Washington.
Strong message
The message to expect from the president: America's character is stronger than the blow inflicted by al-Qaida or any other threat to the country, deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes said on Friday.
The president also will put an emphasis on how lives have changed for the families affected by September 11 and for the soldiers who have served since that day. It has been a period in which more than 6,000 service members have died and 45,000 have been wounded in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.
"This is something that had an extraordinary toll on individual Americans, and that's what can't be lost amid the broader debates this country has had," said Rhodes, who handles strategic communications for the National Security Council and has been involved in shaping Obama's remarks.
"You've had families who have had to rebuild their lives. You've had troops that have had to serve. That's very much where his focus is going to be."
Nearly 3,000 people were killed when al-Qaida terrorists hijacked four airplanes and steered them toward the symbols of American democracy and power.
Two planes first crashed into the towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. The towers soon collapsed.
One plane smashed into the Pentagon. And the last one, believed to be intended by hijackers for the White House or the Capitol, plummeted into a Pennsylvania field as passengers fought back to avoid calamity.
The White House insists Obama has no intention to change his plans amid a credible but unconfirmed threat of an al-Qaida attack in New York or Washington around the September 11 anniversary.
Former President George W. Bush will also be in New York City.
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