President Joe Biden called on Individuals to search out unity and energy in a solemn, six-and-a-half minute pre-recorded handle commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the September 11 assaults.
After 9/11, he mentioned, Individuals “noticed one thing all too uncommon: a real sense of nationwide unity.”
“We realized that unity is the one factor that must not ever break,” he added.
On the eve of the twentieth anniversary of the horrific 9/11 assaults, President Biden honors the lives of these we misplaced and highlights how even at our most weak – unity is our biggest energy.pic.twitter.com/TdVhw9TVpb
— The White Home (@WhiteHouse) September 10, 2021
Biden’s handle, which the White Home launched on Saturday, didn’t instantly point out both the Iraq or Afghanistan struggle however supplied an indirect acknowledgment of the “service members” and “veterans” who “risked and gave their lives” within the aftermath of the al-Qaeda assault.
On Saturday, the president will make stops on the websites the place the 4 hijacked planes had been crashed—the World Commerce Middle in New York, the Pentagon in Virginia, and Shanksville, Pennsylvania—however is just not anticipated to make remarks.
Whereas the messy conclusion to the struggle Afghanistan forged a shadow over at this time’s anniversary, Biden’s speech averted re-litigating his choice to take away US troops from the nation. He as a substitute targeted on the Individuals who had been killed twenty years in the past within the assaults, whereas taking time to sentence emotions of “resentment and violence” towards Muslim Individuals, who he referred to as the “true and trustworthy followers of a peaceable faith.”
“Whereas life is fragile, it’s really one thing great,” he mentioned in his conclusion, paraphrasing Ernest Hemingway. “We discover energy in its damaged locations.”