‘What’s destroyed…’: In 9/11 tackle, Joe Biden vows to safeguard democracy | World News

US President Joe Biden on Sunday addressed a ceremony on the Pentagon to commemorate the twenty first anniversary of the 9/11 assaults. Biden, throughout his tackle, vowed to safeguard the democracy of America.

“We've got an obligation, an obligation, a accountability, to defend, protect and defend our democracy. The very democracy that ensures the rights of freedom that these terrorists on 9/11 sought to bury within the burning fireplace and smoke and ash. That takes a dedication on the a part of all of us,” he mentioned.

Biden, who took half in a somber wreath-laying ceremony on the Pentagon, mentioned in his opening remarks, “To all of the households and family members who nonetheless really feel the ache of that lacking piece of your soul, I am honoured to be right here with you as soon as extra to share this solemn ceremony of remembrance.”

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He added, “So many heroes had been made right here. So a lot of your family members had been these heroes. Once more nearly instantly, with civilians and repair members leaping motion because the partitions collapsed and the roof started to crumble.”

The US President mentioned that “Pentagon was each the scene of a horrific terrorist assault and the command middle for our response to defend and defend the American folks”.

"What was destroyed, we now have repaired. What was threatened, we fortified. What was attacked, the indomitable spirit, has by no means, ever wavered," he mentioned.

“We’ll proceed to watch and disrupt these terrorist actions wherever we discover them, wherever they dwell, and we’ll by no means hesitate to do what’s essential to defend the American folks,” the President mentioned.

“It took 10 years to search out and kill Osama bin Laden however we did,” he mentioned, whereas additionally citing the July airstrike he ordered that killed al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, the successor of bin Laden.

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‘Grief is the value we pay for love’

Quoting Queen Elizabeth II who died on September 8, Biden mentioned the British monarch had mentioned, “Grief is the value we pay for love”.

The 9/11 anniversary commemoration ceremony started with the studying of the names of all the individuals who had been killed within the assault on September 11, 2001.

Practically 3,000 folks had been killed as 19 al-Qaeda hijackers seized management of 4 jetliners, sending two of the planes into New York’s World Commerce Centre - one into the Pentagon and the fourth right into a area in western Pennsylvania.

(With company inputs)