{"id":460583,"date":"2026-09-11T14:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T14:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/460583\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T14:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T14:08:09","slug":"trump-commemorates-25th-anniversary-of-9-11-attacks-at-the-pentagon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/460583\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump commemorates 25th anniversary of 9\/11 attacks at the Pentagon"},"content":{"rendered":"

By COLLIN BINKLEY and MEG KINNARD<\/p>\n

WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 President Donald Trump observed Friday\u2019s 25th anniversary of the\u00a0Sept. 11 attacks\u00a0by attending a\u00a0ceremony at the Pentagon\u00a0commemorating the lives lost when al-Qaida militants hijacked planes and killed nearly 3,000 people in three locations, upending American foreign policy and national security.<\/p>\n

Trump and first lady Melania Trump listened as the names of the 184 people killed at the Pentagon that day were read aloud at the start of the ceremony. Earlier, in a downpour at daybreak, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and top military officials stood outside and watched as a giant American flag was unfurled on the building struck by one of those planes a quarter century ago.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the\u00a0second year in a row\u00a0for Trump to mark the day at the Pentagon. The president, who is originally from New York, last attended the ground zero ceremony there in 2024.<\/p>\n

Vice President\u00a0JD Vance\u00a0is attending the New York observance alongside former presidents, while other administration officials are at the ceremony in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Vance had planned to be in New York for the anniversary last year but instead flew to Salt Lake City to be with the family of Charlie Kirk after the conservative activist was assassinated.<\/p>\n

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FILE \u2013 A helicopter flies over the Pentagon as smoke billows over the building in Washington, Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo\/Heesoon Yim, File)\n<\/p>\n

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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before he boards Air Force One at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026, in Dallas. (AP Photo\/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)\n<\/p>\n

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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before he boards Air Force One at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026, in Dallas. (AP Photo\/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)\n<\/p>\n

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Service members unfurl a flag on the 25th anniversary over the portion of the Pentagon\u2019s west side that was struck by an airliner hijacked by terrorist, on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, in Arlington Va. (AP Photo\/John McDonnell\n<\/p>\n

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Service members unfurl a flag on the 25th anniversary over the portion of the Pentagon\u2019s west side that was struck by an airliner hijacked by terrorist, on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, in Arlington Va. (AP Photo\/John McDonnell\n<\/p>\n

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FILE \u2013 A helicopter flies over the Pentagon as smoke billows over the building in Washington, Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo\/Heesoon Yim, File)\n<\/p>\n

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At a\u00a0Tuesday event at the Ellipse\u00a0just outside the White House, Trump vowed to \u201cnever forget\u201d victims, noting that the Sept. 11 attacks were one of few moments in history that \u201cdivide time into really what came before\u201d and after.<\/p>\n

That event, spearheaded by the Tunnel to Towers Foundation, showcased a massive, 21-foot, nearly 17,000-pound steel beam recovered from the South Tower of the World Trade Center in New York. Traveling for months across the country as part of the Steel Across America tour, the beam was to be in New York for a procession Friday retracing the steps of fallen New York City firefighter Stephen Siller.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Trump\u00a0issued a proclamation\u00a0naming Friday as \u201cPatriot Day 2026,\u201d recounting the chronology of the 2001 day on which \u201cthe peace of our Nation was shattered\u201d and calling his administration \u201cunwavering in its commitment to ensure that our Nation is defended by the strongest and most lethal military the world has ever known.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Republican midterms convention on Thursday night observed the 25th anniversary of the 9\/11 attacks with families onstage in Dallas and firefighters in uniform as the song \u201cAve Maria\u201d was played. The names of the victims appeared on a screen and a bell was rung to commemorate the loss of firefighters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By COLLIN BINKLEY and MEG KINNARD WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 President Donald Trump observed Friday\u2019s 25th anniversary of the\u00a0Sept.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":460584,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[123228,536,6500,5407,74,76,75,154082],"class_list":["post-460583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-9-11","tag-donald-trump","tag-jd-vance","tag-pentagon","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news","tag-sept-11"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=460583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460583\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/460584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}