• On September 11, 2008, presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain will put their political differences aside and will appear together at a commemoration ceremony marking the seventh year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.BBC News: US Rivals to Make 9/11 Appearance (September 6, 2008)

  Nearly 3,000 people were killed on September 11, 2001, during attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and on United Airlines Flight 93.CNN: 9/11 jurors face complex life or death decisions (April 26, 2006) CNN: First video of Pentagon 9/11 attack released (May 16, 2006)

• Fast Facts

  1. 2,749 people killed in the World Trade Center attacksCNN: 9/11 jurors face complex life or death decisions (April 26, 2006)
  2. 184 people killed in the attacks on the PentagonCNN: [http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/16/pentagon.video/index.html First video of Pentagon 9/11 attack
  3. released] (May 16, 2006)
  4. Official yearly memorial service held in New York, at or near the World Trade Center siteNational September 11 Memorial & Museum: Events
  5. Moments of silence observed, church bells rung at 8: 46 AM, the time of the first attacksAbout.com:September 11th 7th anniversary

• 9-11 Anniversary 2008

  In 2008, both Barack Obama and Senator John McCain will visit ground zero on the seventh anniversary of the attacks. In a joint statement, the rival senators, who are both running in the 2008 presidential election, said, "All of us came together on 9/11 - not as Democrats or Republicans - but as Americans."BBC News: US Rivals to Make 9/11 Appearance (September 6, 2008)

• Bin Laden Video 2007

  On the sixth anniversary of the attacks, in 2007, Al Qaeda released a video eulogy for 9/11 hijacker Waleed al-Shehri. In a 47-minute-long-video, Osama Bin Laden praises al-Shehri for his role in the helping to crash American Airlines Flight 11 into the North Tower of the World Trade Center.ABC News: New bin Laden video surfaces (September 11, 2007) CNN: Bin Laden to issue video as 9/11 anniversary approaches (September 6, 2007)

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