Guide Note
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.1
Nearly 3,000 people were killed on September 11, 2001, during attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and on United Airlines Flight 93.2 3
Fast Facts
- 2,749 people killed in the World Trade Center attacks2
- 184 people killed in the attacks on the Pentagon3
- Moments of silence observed, church bells rung at 8:46 AM, the time of the first attacks4
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."1
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.5 6
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